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Amazingly, this really is the approach that has characterized all aspects of aviation for decades. It’s incredibly admirable and worth emulating in many other s
by CPLX 4y ago
Amazingly, this really is the approach that has characterized all aspects of aviation for decades. It’s incredibly admirable and worth emulating in many other situations.
It’s also fragile, and the fact that it strikes many as an uncommon level of integrity for a business decision is precisely why aviation needs to be shielded from having the prevailing business culture sneak in, like we have seen happen at Boeing in a few highly notable instances.
- hodgesrm 4y agoThis type of judgment call by a single person has also helped avoid nuclear war on at least two documented occasions. [0,1] Again, food for thought. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alarm_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alar... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Able_Archer_83 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Able_Archer_83