FullWings - spot on with your post #62 referring to
'Normalisation of Deviance'.
For those who are unaware of the concept:
Professionalism/Diane Vaughan and the normalization of deviance - Wikibooks, open books for an open world
Examples:
The 1986 Challenger space shuttle launch decision.
or
The decision to keep driving a vehicle - after losing a head light.....
Almost impossible for present pilots
to keep ALL their decisions both legal and decent?
As a 'past' pilot
, I can write these things.