It’s a shame that the rest of the thread that lead to this submission isn’t here in order to give this a little more of a context.
I would like to make two points here though, the first, I whole heartedly disagree with the idea that there shouldn’t be concrete limits, I’m sorry but human factors, particularly the reason model (Swiss cheese with holes that line up), and the “iceberg” models consistently show that if the end user/operator, particularly engineers or pilots regard the limits as flexible there is a far higher proportion of accidents or incidents.
The second point is that while there is a public desire for blame, or more correctly financial remuneration for an accident or death, the aviation industry has an obligation not to blame but to find out what happened… and blame is such a …well immature approach, as, again from the Reason model, a single persons actions causing an aircraft accident, short of an act of terrorism or serious negligence is highly improbable.
Interesting thread though