I really, really enjoyed this article, which is something I don't say too often. I spent about an hour talking over this with my girlfriend last night. Her fath

I really, really enjoyed this article, which is something I don't say too often. I spent about an hour talking over this with my girlfriend last night. Her father is also a pilot, and we were discussing the difference in methodology between both of our professions (programmer and researcher, respectively), piloting, and surgery. I'm mostly intrigued that someone who has no background in medicine was able to cut through some bureaucracy and effect major change. It's tragic that something like this had to happen in order for someone to do that, but it makes me wonder how many other tragedies have to happen before something like this changes. This guy experienced a tragedy. Afterward, he insisted upon an investigation. When he received the results, he saw a very fixable flaw in the NHS, assembled experts on that issue, and managed to kickstart a revolution within the system to address the very fixable flaws that he and his experts had identified. The Flight 173 case is another example of this. A tragedy happens, experts are assembled, and very fixable flaws are, well, fixed. Contrast that with other tragedies that occur monthly (if not more often) in America. Mass shootings in Aurora, Santa Barbara, Fort Hood. Investigations occur, and maybe experts are assembled, but nothing changes. What's up with that? Then we have the other side of the coin. Take 9/11, for example. Investigations were done, experts were assembled, and changes were made. Have they helped? Probably not as much as we'd like. I'm not really sure what the takeaway is, but I'm very interested in seeing if we can really, truly prevent some of these tragedies from happening with a little foresight, a little communication, and a global recognition that things need to change for the greater good.