The Winco, sorry, I don't agree with this
Lastly Sir, Murpheys Law and Sods law do not exist in todays aviation world, not even in the military. We might have got away with them 10, 15 20 years ago, but not today. I doubt if you or I or indeed anyone would accept either of them as a just reason for the death of a loved one
events based on the old Murphys / Sods laws do still occur, it is just that such events are now identified under 'human factors'.
DASC (and the CAA for our non-military bretheren) do some marvellous courses - get on them to see what is available to minimise these events happening, and to drive down the rate. Rarely does someone go to work to do a bad job, unhappily the errror rate is fairly constant. The major event rate is also fairly constant, as a % of all events.
If the growth in flying continues at the same rate as recently, with the same error rate, aviation - civilian and military -will be killing thousands more people each year. The challenge is to identify, track and eradicate errors by assisting people all through the chain of events to do so in an open 'no blame' culture. If / when someone makes an honest mistake they should be encouraged to own up to it in order to reduce the chances of a similar event being repeated. There is a place for a robust disciplinary system for abusers, thankfully 'we' don't have too many in the organisation.
