With regards to the actions of the pilots and crew of M/V Dali while in extremis I can’t find it now but in Farwell’s somewhere is says that the courts will not pull out tape measures and stopwatches to judge decisions made at the time while in extremis, Instead there is a standard called “object…

US Navy mustang here, commissioned in 1972 as a Surface Warfare Officer. Right after reporting to my first ship, I was sent to two one-week schools for Rules of the Road and Shiphandling. We were taught that once In Extremis, the only only incorrect action is inaction. As we all know, hindsight i…

When teaching people to fly, one of the hardest things to teach is engine failure right after takeoff. I always taught that below 500 feet you are landing on whatever you see ahead of you. A heroic turn back to the airport doing reversing steep turns to get lined back up with the runway can be done …

“This must also be seen in the broader light of goods transportation risk exposure. IMO the myriad road and rail bridges crossing inland waterways represent a far higher risk to human life because of the different nature of brown water operations. Statistics bear this out.” Several years ago (a dec…

Good article here: [image] After the Baltimore bridge collapse, we need clear-eyed assessments of the... The collapse of the Francis Scott Key bridge is already affecting global supply chains. Above all, by undertaking a risk-based consequence assessment ev…

[image] In Baltimore, Ship Strike "Never Occurred to Anybody"; In Delaware, It Did Nine years ago, in 2015, Delaware's bridge transport authority set aside $2.5 million to design new protective fenders for the Delaware Memorial B... The Dali allision involve…

This epic tragedy with 6 lives lost and the economic impact that will cause a lot of suffering leaves many assumptions and theories as to why and how it happened. I race sailboats offshore, so obviously I don’t stand at the level of expertise that most people have, but Rob Almeida, the founder of g…

[image] Lee_Shore: The scrutiny of Captain Sullenberger’s decision making process after he landed on the Hudson i I was thinking about that as well. There were two different perspectives on that. One was the public’s and the other the accident investigators of the NTSB, As far as the public…

[image] Kennebec_Captain: As far as the public they saw Sully as a hero. The word ‘hero’ is one of the most misused words in current parlance. Captain Sullenberger was competent pilot who followed his training and relied on his experience to successfully respond to an emergency. Calling him a…

[image] Kennebec_Captain: I don’t know about the NTSB, in the movie “Sully” there was a lot of discussion about the fact that by simulator the aircraft could have made it back. Don’t know it that’s an accurate portrayal of the facts or not. Film makers’ liberal use of artistic license for dra…

I got interviewed by reporters after an engine out landing and they asked me if I felt like a hero. I answered thusly: “Not really, I was in the plane too, I was saving my own skin along with the passengers. This is what I was trained for over and over, I was just happy to do the job right”. To me…

Hindsight Bias and the M/V Dali

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Hindsight Bias and the M/V Dali

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