Originally Posted by Lonewolf
You are wrong, my friend, the effort to get it right never ceases -- your flaw in logic is that there is somewhere a perfect and fool proof procedure. Haven't seen one yet, but I've seen some pretty good ones that when followed prevent a lot of bad things from happening.
And you, my Friend, are right. No matter how many times you revise the procedures, whatever type they may be, they never become perfect. Hell, they were still amending the F4 checklists when she went out of service and they had decades to get those right. As each battle plan is devised to meet the threat of the day, they don't have the same luxury of time to be as right as they can be.
As for battle plans surviving to first contact, I never knew one that lasted that long without some degree of failure.