Spry; Wing Commander RAF, ..SO, ..FC*, etc. Laid to rest following a short and painful public illness.
The champion of RAF flight safety, a stalwart and foundation of operational improvement, efficiency, fairness and trust for nearly 100 years; undone in an instant.
Condolences from Pilot Officer P. Prune, T. Emm, 'Griff' the Gremlin, 'Murphy', and the Society of Just Culture.
A wake will be held at Prune Pava, home to many illustrious participants of 'wizard prangs'; no doubt there will many recollections of having 'been there' and 'done that'.
The lament should recall past successes, but through cloudy beer, the future of effective operation may be less assured.
Reporting of future events with regard to Spry will be withheld, but references to the necessary activity can be found in the publications of Reason, Dekker, Holnagel, Woods, Amalberti, which should be available at the highest levels of management (but if not, they are available on request).
A very whitty post, but had the Captain come forward that his camera might have clonked into the controls at some point then 'Just Culture' may have had a chance. Instead a long drawn out investigation revealed that his camera had clonked his controls - too late for 'Just Culture' by then...