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Old 23rd May 2011, 04:34
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tucumseh
 
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The video (from 2005) is like sitting through old MoD training lectures. They started with the question "Is an aircraft a system?". (No). The next 10 minutes were the most vital 10 minutes you ever listened to as an engineer and project/programme manager. Trying to implement that learning was also the biggest career killer!


NASA’s attitude “Just keep flying until foam shedding becomes regarded as normal” and “Treat it as a planned engineering test” is precisely the attitude you see in MoD. It should be required viewing for those in MoD who still maintain a system need only be physically safe, but not functionally safe - despite Nimrod, C130, Tornado, Sea King (etc) BoI reports.
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