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Everyone else's (consumer's/engineer's/pilot's) "safety margin" is an executive's "cost to be optimized". Make no mistake. The Exec/finance class will cut into
by salawat 4y ago
Everyone else's (consumer's/engineer's/pilot's) "safety margin" is an executive's "cost to be optimized".
Make no mistake. The Exec/finance class will cut into any margin that you aren't willing to make them directly legally culpable for.
- lcuff 4y agoYes. Chelsea Sullenberger ("Sully") made the same point in an interview. He said in the early days of the airlines, the CEO was always a pilot, and error margins were set much higher than legally required. Now that CEOs tend NOT to be retired pilots, new regulations are needed to raise the safety margins beyond current regulatory points to what a safety-conscious pilot would choose.