@somethingclever: Great post! Should almost be made a sticky.
Originally Posted by john_smith
People often (almost gleefully) seem to predict this on this site.
It won't happen. People really have to stop shoehorning safety into arguments about terms and conditions.
Hopefully it won't, but many argue that it has already happened on several occasions, especially in other parts of the world.
Safety management is a lot about being analytical, proactive and more or less chronically worried about trends, signals, leads etc. which
might connect to a future accident.
Acting in a cocksure manner about this stuff is far from good airmanship in my opinion. DYEF?
I can recommend a look at safety literature from authors like James Reason, Jens Rasmussen, Barry Turner, Karl Weick, Sidney Dekker and others. Good old common sense also comes to mind.