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I've written before about how every organization needs a Doctor No, which I define as somebody who says, "no, damn it, that isn't safe." I used the example of Titanic, where, to quote myself, "Thomas Andrews, designer of the Titanic, did not deliberately design the ship to sink or to deliberately skimp on lifeboats. Rather, Andrews made an optimistic assessment of the risk involved. This assessment proved wrong - fatally so for Andrews, as he went down with the ship."
Today comes news which, IF TRUE, makes that case in the most ironic way possible. Missing Titanic Sub Once Faced Massive Lawsuit Over Depths It Could Safely Travel To. Basically, David Lochridge, a submersible pilot, was (allegedly) fired over concerns about the sub's safety. I've since seen that the sub had a carbon-fiber hull. These hulls are very binary - they either are 100% or they fail catastrophically.
Again, nobody intended for the sub to not return to the surface. Rather, it appears that somebody made an optimistic assessment of the risks involved.
Today comes news which, IF TRUE, makes that case in the most ironic way possible. Missing Titanic Sub Once Faced Massive Lawsuit Over Depths It Could Safely Travel To. Basically, David Lochridge, a submersible pilot, was (allegedly) fired over concerns about the sub's safety. I've since seen that the sub had a carbon-fiber hull. These hulls are very binary - they either are 100% or they fail catastrophically.
Again, nobody intended for the sub to not return to the surface. Rather, it appears that somebody made an optimistic assessment of the risks involved.
