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The difference with the airline industry is that when there is a crash everyone dies. If my father is dead, and his doctor who made the mistake is alive, you ca
by rokhayakebe 12y ago
The difference with the airline industry is that when there is a crash everyone dies. If my father is dead, and his doctor who made the mistake is alive, you can imagine she is not going to volunteer the information.
- forrestthewoods 12y agoYou're right. That's the problem. Doctors make mistakes. Every doctor will be directly responsible for needlessly causing someone to die. Every single one. The doctor should volunteer in the information because she should not fear losing her job or getting sued. Instead nothing will happen and more people will needlessly die.
- kijiki 12y agoThis is only true if the cause is pilot error. If the cause is improper maintenance, the responsible party is still alive. In the case of the NTSB, there is a strong culture of not penalizing errors unless they were criminal or egregious, which works well in promoting cooperation with the investigation. This would likely be very difficult to achieve with doctors, especially in the US.