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<blockquote data-quote="criticalbass" data-source="post: 2207450" data-attributes="member: 711"><p>The only group I know of that is more prone to "eat its own young" than the USN is the nursing profession.</p><p></p><p>An old friend of mine was flying lead with a bunch of ADs which were providing an air show for the signing of the armistice that suspended the Korean "police action." His controller directed him to fly toward the reviewing stand and to pull up at the last moment.</p><p></p><p>They put Mark Clark, Syngman Rhee, and a bunch of other big names under the stand, and my friend's career was declared to be over. Then, magically, one of the WW II Marine aviator heroes (can't remember who, and my old friend is gone) made it all go away, and he stayed long enough to retire as an 05--not bad for a Marine, given how narrow the hierarchy is.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for sharing the unintended consequences story. I may steal it to use as an example of "unintended consequences" in one of the Safety Management Systems courses I teach. (If you have no objection) It illustrates the point that very little is linear and logical when you look at hazards, risks, latent failures, triggering events, organizational culture, unintended consequences (better term than accident), etc.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and thanks for hanging it out on my behalf, even though I know it was mostly fun.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="criticalbass, post: 2207450, member: 711"] The only group I know of that is more prone to "eat its own young" than the USN is the nursing profession. An old friend of mine was flying lead with a bunch of ADs which were providing an air show for the signing of the armistice that suspended the Korean "police action." His controller directed him to fly toward the reviewing stand and to pull up at the last moment. They put Mark Clark, Syngman Rhee, and a bunch of other big names under the stand, and my friend's career was declared to be over. Then, magically, one of the WW II Marine aviator heroes (can't remember who, and my old friend is gone) made it all go away, and he stayed long enough to retire as an 05--not bad for a Marine, given how narrow the hierarchy is. Thanks for sharing the unintended consequences story. I may steal it to use as an example of "unintended consequences" in one of the Safety Management Systems courses I teach. (If you have no objection) It illustrates the point that very little is linear and logical when you look at hazards, risks, latent failures, triggering events, organizational culture, unintended consequences (better term than accident), etc. Oh, and thanks for hanging it out on my behalf, even though I know it was mostly fun. [/QUOTE]
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