[SystemSafety] Fwd: NYTimes: The Next Accident Awaits

[SPRIGGS, John J]

As one of "the grey beards" someone mentioned several posts ago, I first encountered goal-based regulation about 2001, when my Customers' Regulator said they were about to introduce it.  Customers had asked for Safety Cases long before that.  The argument would be along the lines of "You told us to do this, here is the evidence we did it; we also did this other stuff to address the hazards we identified along the way; therefore we consider it safe enough for the purpose you stated."
So should the debate be about whether Regulation should be based on checklists or objectives, rather than whether you need a safety case or some other assurance document?

John Spriggs
Head of System Integrity @ NATS
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