Checkboard and Gaunty,
Now you have really let the cat out of the bag!
You can't have smoke without mirrors as any management guru already knows but I suspect they do not have a clear vision of the relationship one to another.
Without mirrors the smoke lacks clear purpose and direction. It is only a mirror that can direct it with the correct lateral and vertical orientation. Being aware that correct verticality is naturally displayed by a mirror some people miss the essential point that lateral rectifiers are required to correct the left/right transposition factor, otherwise the smoke keeps running into itself and goes nowhere. Management types tend to make this error. Pilots, on the other hand, have a thorough understanding of this phenomenon and their smoke always travels smothly along on it's way functioning perfectly.
No doubt this branch of science has been neglected and it is refreshing to see it exposed at last on this forum.
By the way; do you have a Cracked Mirror Drill? A very serious situation can quickly develop if not dealt with promptly with smoke swirling around aimlessly.
[ 27 July 2001: Message edited by: pterodactyl ]