[SystemSafety] On off periods

[Olwen Morgan]

Not a banal answer at all. Actually the question first came up when I 
was talking about my down periods with a friend who also gets SAD. She 
said that if, say, airline pilots have to have regular medicals, then 
given the reliance of airliners on software, would it not make some 
sense to check whether the people writing it are under par for whatever 
reason.

I just tossed the question in to see what people's reactions might be.

Actually, I realise that I slightly misstated myself in the original 
posting. It's not an invariable rule. I might be prepared to start work 
in March if the winter hasn't been too bad. Also, it's mainly 
programming and modelling that it affects and not other lifecycle tasks 
that require (for me at least) less intense concentration.


regards,
Olwen


On 16/09/18 22:51, clayton at veriloud.com wrote:
>
>
>> On Sep 16, 2018, at 8:47 AM, Olwen Morgan 
>> <olwen.morgan at btinternet.com <mailto:olwen.morgan at btinternet.com>> wrote:
>>
>> I'm wondering if, in some circumstances, engineers working on 
>> critical systems ought to have regular medicals for mental health issues.
>
> Another “banal answer" I fear (to what I think are great comments and 
> questions), but: this is why, formal code inspections (rigorous peer 
> review), and why your comments on testability (complexity) in the 
> other thread (which also includes the benefit of ‘understandability) 
> is vital! No other form of analysis substitutes (when dealing with 
> humans that is…).
>
> Clayton Weimer
> https://www.linkedin.com/in/weimer/
>
>

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Olwen Morgan CITP, MBCS olwen.morgan at btinternet.com +44 (0) 7854 899667 
Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK
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