engineer(retard)
Groupthink is when a group tries to prevent information being considered. All of the those you mention are the opposite, attempting to flag up very real issues that potentially grave implications. Groupthink is saying "we can safely ignore that.....[whole ship aspects]". and launching
ad hominem attacks against anyone expressing doubts - such as former CVS Captains or retired Admirals.
Perhaps if the SDSR had no been changed so much in the last minute, better decisions could have been made?
Courtney
Agree! The past is the past, and we need to focus on preparing for the future. I just hope attention is paid to the expert views expressed on various pages of various threads, such as this from Bismark
here and
here,
Not_a _boffin,
WhiteOvies, and
orca.
As is always the case, we have made it a lot harder for ourselves than it need be. The quote from the 1(F) squadron write up proves that they got it, and appreciated the whole ship aspects. Not everyone on PPRuNe, and not all of those involved in last minute SDSR, understood the importance of these issues.
Moving forward must include learning from the past, taking a systems type approach to ship/aircraft integration and the skills that different personnel will needed, and considering new and imaginative ideas that reduce uncertainities and risks.
Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.