I became enamored of checklists when a former worker told me about his new son-in-law, an airline pilot.?ÿ They don't take off without having checked every box and line item
The prototype B-17 bomber and its crew were lost when they took off without removing a "gust lock" from the controls. That accident led to the checklisting practice now commonplace in aviation.?ÿ
I spent a week, in a classroom, so I could get a badge that would allow me to drive on the AOA at SEATAC.
One of the things that stuck out, to me; the instructor said: If the airline industry had a 1% failure rate, planes would be dropping out of the sky every couple of hours.
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@norman-oklahoma that happened recently, small single engine airplane. My procedure was always box the controls immediately before takeoff. Full forward, full right, full back, full left, full forward, both rudder pedals full travel both ways.
@dave-karoly Isn't that part of every pilot's Standard Operating Procedure?
"Controls - Full and Free"
I few years ago I read that Sir Richard Branson of Virgin this-and-that, modified his benefits program to allow unlimited paid vacation for upper management.?ÿ Rumor has it that it was quickly followed with an subtle, but ominous, discussion about management performance metrics, and a possible link to the amount of time they chose to take for vacation.?ÿ Again rumors, the result was that his employees' vacation time plummeted.
I'm not interested in being that Machiavellian, but I do like to allow employees time to think about their mistakes.?ÿ I have a guy who's going through some legal stuff and it's turning into a scheduling nightmare for me.?ÿ He's one of my best party chiefs and I don't want to lose him.?ÿ It seems like every court date is scheduled on a Wednesday.?ÿ Instead of just telling him I'm not paying for his travel time home to make it to court and back to the jobsite, I asked him what he'd do if he were in my position.?ÿ I purposely waited to have this conversation when I knew he had a few hours of window time and I asked him to hold off from answering it until the next day.?ÿ He chose not to bill his travel time and seems more grateful after having done so.?ÿ
It happens?ÿ ?ÿ!?ÿ
Left a job and in the middle of Baltimore Beltway I heard the DC slide off the truck and into traffic. I did manage to dodge traffic and recover the pieces ( actually got the data !!). I finished the day and paid the deductible on the insurance.?ÿ UGH?ÿ
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@gary_g While it is laudable on your part to want to take responsibility for the deductible, your employer should have never allowed it. Owners take the financial risks, employees make wages. The owner benefiting from the profits the company makes is his reward for taking the risks of business. Transferring the risks to employees without transferring the potential profit benefits is wrong. If he wants to make you a part owner, fine, then you can shoulder the burden of the risks involved in business. Otherwise, your mistakes, failures, and foibles are a burden to be born by the company in exchange for the labor you provide and the resulting profits.
@lurker I was 50% owner, sorry not to clarify. Even owners make mistakes.?ÿ
And, if I?ÿ were just an employee I would still feel the same responsibility.