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Old 5th Nov 2009, 01:54
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Cheese holes not lining up....

...doesn't mean no risk. There was at least one large hole in the cheese (the gear was not down), how do we know there wasn't another hole just lining up? Perhaps an equipment failure? (just an example, I'm not saying there was any such thing).

Not trying to start a flame war, but comments like "there was no risk" mean that someone (perhaps inadvertently) might not prioritise fixing the underlying cause high enough. Why would you if there was "no risk"?

Of course, probably the spin doctor was trying to say "backup systems prevented an accident" (there was still plenty of cheese in between the holes). But from long experience I get a much better degree of comfort from someone admitting there was a problem no matter how minor and that it was going to be fixed, than someone saying there was no problem at all.
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