http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/09/the_costs_of_ex.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:18:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/09/the_costs_of_ex.html/comment-page-1#comment-47293 Bruce Boyden Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:17:01 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2008/09/the-costs-of-explaining-away-accidents.html#comment-47293 The NTSB is correct to go slow here for another reason. It's not just that it's too early to tell if in fact the engineer made a mistake. It's also too early to tell if any mistake that occurred could have been predicted and avoided. That's a lesson that airline safety regulators began learning almost 40 years ago -- that you should anticipate common mistakes and seek ways to minimize them. More here: http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/01/what_copyright.html The NTSB is correct to go slow here for another reason. It’s not just that it’s too early to tell if in fact the engineer made a mistake. It’s also too early to tell if any mistake that occurred could have been predicted and avoided. That’s a lesson that airline safety regulators began learning almost 40 years ago — that you should anticipate common mistakes and seek ways to minimize them. More here: http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/01/what_copyright.html

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