[SystemSafety] Comparison of Confidential vs Non-Confidential Reporting Systems

Robert P. Schaefer rps at mit.edu
Wed Oct 17 15:09:56 CEST 2018


I’m thinking historical reasons, from a Lindbergh biography by A. Scott Berg I read years ago. 
Aviation in the US was funded by the government for air mail. To save money Inexperienced army pilots 
were recruited and started dying from accidents in high numbers. Lindbergh, promoting flight safety called
out president FDR’s actions as the cause for their deaths. Safety regulations then came into force, 
but by making FDR angry, Lindbergh (an ex-Army pilot and also an America First-er) was prevented 
from re-enlisting as an officer during WWII.

> On Oct 17, 2018, at 8:59 AM, Tim Schürmann <tschuerm at techfak.uni-bielefeld.de> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> 
> On 17.10.2018 14:49, Mike Rothon wrote:
>> [...]
>> 
>> In general, I am trying to understand why it is considered to be
>> beneficial for aviation, but not necessarily elsewhere.
>> [...]
> One reason might be:
> There is only one "safe state" for aviation: "Not Flying/Moving", while
> other industries have more possible "exits" in case of a safety event.
> 
> Just my 2 Cents..
> Maybe someone with more experience could enlighten me? ;)
> 
> 
> Kind regards
> Tim
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