Blame and persecution are not counterproductive, they are crucial to improving safety. It is called accountability and if nobody is accountable for anything th

Blame and persecution are not counterproductive, they are crucial to improving safety. It is called accountability and if nobody is accountable for anything then there is no actual motivation to get businesses and financial institutions to do anything about it. What is counterproductive is blaming and persecuting wrong things. The goal is to get companies to be accountable for being committed to taking this process seriously, providing honest information whenever it is needed and then to honestly implement the recommendations once the process is concluded. We know that technical bugs happen regardless of good intentions. So we should err on the side of being lenient. Where we should not be lenient about is simple negligence where all of the information was available and the decision was made regardless. For example, if the manufacturer knew that bolts were lying around and decided to save on the costs by being willingly blind to the fact. And where real persecution should strictly follow is hiding information and evidence that is obviously needed to improve safety.