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

[Olwen Morgan]

On Oct 17, 2018, at 8:59 AM, Tim Schürmann<tschuerm at techfak.uni-bielefeld.de>  wrote:

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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.

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Back in the mid 1990s I heard that in a telephone exchange serving the City of London financial sector, the Telco found that safety measures (mainly against fire) were most strongly justified not by the potential cost of compensating families for lost loved ones but on account of the huge rate at which revenue was lost in the event of outage.

Perverse incentives can cut both ways.

Olwen