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Not to forget, the same problem has happened before with aircraft pilots. Someone doesn't notice that the the wrong engines are running, or someone forgot to p
by Prickle 2y ago
Not to forget, the same problem has happened before with aircraft pilots.
Someone doesn't notice that the the wrong engines are running, or someone forgot to power down one of the engines.
Or there was an engine failure. And in the confusion, someone powers down the wrong engines.
Usually in these cases, fatigue or information overload is a major factor.
The pilots were fully qualified. They were simply overworked, and too tired to realize their mistake.
I wouldn't assign all the blame to lack of training. The navy is very famously overworked and understaffed, and not just in the USA.
- actionfromafar 2y agoThe air industry is very good at blame-less post-mortems and finding root causes. I think the Navy could benefit from some things from their playbook. I think one major contributing factor is that Navy ships are so bespoke compared to airliners.
- sgarland 2y agoThe Nuclear Navy is also excellent at post-mortems (though they’re called critiques – it is still quite possible and reasonable to blame someone if indeed it was personnel failure) and finding root causes. It wouldn’t surprise me to learn that the conventional fleet did things completely differently.
- Prickle 2y agoUnfortunately, the conventional US Navy has an incredibly bad history when it comes to post mortem investigations. They have very consistently used scapegoats to hide systematic issues, or problems caused by people higher up the chain. Someone needs to polish their brass before that happens.