Wot no Safety Case
Several screens back there was discussion about there not being a valid safety case for the seat in place at the time of the incident.
Has action been taken to put one in place now?
Surely the judge would have picked up on this.
I remember back in the early 2000s on the S&AD IPT we had recruited a Safety / Risk Manager. All very vogue and in keeping with what was going on at the time. Lots of pleasant noise over being pro active rather than re active. A number of HAZOPS had been ran involving all stakeholders.
That noise soon turned into hollow noise with the Safety Manager incumbent moving sideways to become the Business Manager. Another thing that becme vogue at the time! Almost like flavour of the month across the whole of the SMG early days of DE&S. Looking after Service Level Agreements and the like, rolling out many of the IT management systems such as Ballanced Scorcards, massaging Business Cases for Projects through the system.
So what happened after this. Was there ever a Safety Manager, did the Project Manager ever get round to preparing a Cassandra Hazard Log, did they ever hold a HAZOPS. The 2002 QinetiQ Report surely would have been referenced in this and probably also referenced in the RTS and supporting Certificates.
Perhaps the chap responsible at the time was busy trying to make himself look good in realising all the savings being demanded or lining himself up for a position in Industry when everything was contracted outlock stock and barrel.