Originally Posted by
capngrog
For example, walking is a relatively safe activity given normal circumstances; yet, walking on the edge of an icy precipice in a snowstorm involves more risk, requiring more caution ... hence "risk management". I could go on and on about this, but I won't.
Agreed. However in this particular case, you are walking on the edge of an icy precipice in a snowstorm while the weather forecast says sunshine and issues no warning about the precipice or it being icy. And you are pulling a sled with 200 people who rely on you to get them home safely. And the CEO of the weather forecast says it's absolutely safe because the Weather Supervisor allowed him to do that.
In you 43 years of safety investigations haven't you come to the conclusion that safety cannot exist if the people who are supposed to observe a system's safety don't understand the system or don't know it exists?