ctwo
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But I'm sure we had one.
This is so sad it's almost funny.
This is so sad it's almost funny.
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I couldn't find the thread
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Is that what you really want to title this thread? 
ctwo
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I guess it could have been, I couldn't find the DCA thread
Or if there is a DCA thread, this thread could be made the post it should have been.
Or if there is a DCA thread, this thread could be made the post it should have been.
ctwo
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You're right! It could have been a fluke...
Trying to validate the claim that "this massive safety management system failure occurred". All around DC is insanely congested and everyone is trying to operate within pretty gnarly constraints, then there was an accident and now the route is shut down. Kinda seems like the safety management system is working, unless there were a bunch of other accidents from the same issue and nobody did anything, because then it would seem like the safety system maybe wasn't working.
ctwo
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So you're saying, the system shouldn't do anything until people die?
"Shouldn't" is what causes the question to fall apart, but swap that for "normally doesn't" and then it becomes accurate. People dying is usually the flag for when the safety system is invoked and then evaluates and responds. Pretty much all we're capable of is reactionary actions and even then it's pretty hit or miss.
To do what people expect, you'd need thousands of people in commercial buildings across the country sitting at their desks with three shifts of those folks working on every possible combination of roads and airspace and sidewalks and train tracks and subways, looking for all combinations to activity which could lead to something going wrong, and then proactively taking $tep$ to correct it.
That's just not what we do here. Pretty much every rule/law/guideline we have is from something happening or nearly happening and then someone trying to fix it, not so much from studying and hypothesizing to create scenarios and then protect against that. It's probably like a 1000:1 ratio or better (worse) of reactive to proactive.
To do what people expect, you'd need thousands of people in commercial buildings across the country sitting at their desks with three shifts of those folks working on every possible combination of roads and airspace and sidewalks and train tracks and subways, looking for all combinations to activity which could lead to something going wrong, and then proactively taking $tep$ to correct it.
That's just not what we do here. Pretty much every rule/law/guideline we have is from something happening or nearly happening and then someone trying to fix it, not so much from studying and hypothesizing to create scenarios and then protect against that. It's probably like a 1000:1 ratio or better (worse) of reactive to proactive.
ctwo
Merely Rhetorical
So you subscribe to mediocracy? And furthermore, I dismiss your premise.
You want to run a construction project by hiring a team of foremans and making them all in charge to get the job done. Good luck!
You want to run a construction project by hiring a team of foremans and making them all in charge to get the job done. Good luck!
ctwo
Merely Rhetorical
Not typically in the private sector