Re: The 6-million-dollar documentation mistake

[Geoff Lane <geoff -at- gjctech -dot- co -dot- uk>]

On Friday, March 24, 2006, Edwin Skau wrote;

> I don't think this is as much a tribute to the importance of documentation
> as passing the buck to poor documentation. It is an effective way of
> sweeping the blame under the carpet, or lynching an unidentifiable someone.

> I don't know if absence of a documented procedure is a good excuse for not
> removing landing gear pins. I'm not sure if you'd excuse your mechanic or
> plumber of shoddy work because the procedures were inaccurate, or "well,
> that's how the manual says it is done..."
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That said, don't most procedures in aviation have to be verified
before use? If that's so, surely any blame must pass to the person who
missed the pins during the verification process? After all, anyone can
make a mistake - which is the whole point of procedure verification
and procedure acceptance groups!

Just a thought ...

-- 
Geoff

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