Ever since large government departments and businesses bought in Human Resources specialists, the focus is on the Head of HR to make their budget.
Doing this, they screw the very last cent out of negotiation so they can achieve their bonus or meet their "KPI".
I have sat around too many meetings listening to HR managers say they are happy with current "levels" of safety, "why do you need more resources?"
Spot on Jim Irwin. HR is becoming the modern day safety scourge. Most are a bunch of spreadsheet thriving twats who have no concept about what safety actualy means, nor do they fathom or understand 'risk'. I worked for one large carrier that was very cyclic with its safety department.When incident rates went down the department was culled to the bare bone. Naturally there was then less safety oversight,safety promotion and less predictive safety work taking place. Surprise surprise, incidents would escalate until the holes in the cheese started to realign themselves, the airline would panick and the number of safety staff bumped up again, and so the cycle continues.
The reason ? Accountant CEO's and HR jerks with no concept of reality.
Gobbledock is right, Safety Managers are petrified of revealing the true picture of what is happening, they consequently underate events, so that thier "KPI" is not busted
I should know. I used to sit in on weekly safety meetings and cringe as I listened to all and sundry water down the facts, fudge the figures and perform all manner of comical acts to ensure the CEO didn't find out the truth ! For those who disbelieve me then you are living in some sort of Hollywood fantasy dream.
I'm with Mr.Hat, I pray that I will be out of this industry sipping on a coldie on Stradbroke Island fishing among the breakers when the report comes over the radio that the the holes have lined up, Professor Reason is correct again and a smoking hole is all that remains of a once recognisable aircraft full of passengers.
I don't want this to happen, but the block of cheese is growing.