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Originally Posted by clanny
You see, this is the type of thing that I was talking about. What risky behaviour? Tell me exactly what risk you'd rather they didn't take.
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According to Halliburton they used too few blowouts for the amount of gas projected and an improper cheaper well design than would have been required for the amount of methane hydrate in the area. Engineering stated as such and was overruled in inside memos. A "they will never know and its already done mentality" took root
Also the well was leaking gas about a week prior to the blowout & consequent explosion, that should have been an indication to BP & to our government to move forward then with plan B.
There should always be a backup plan ready to go in these type of things.
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Originally Posted by jamesqf
There's your problem right there - autoproctology :-) Ain't no "ruling class" involved, just people.
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Not exactly, not sure where you work but where I do there are a couple dozen people up a totem pole, one up top somewhere above you, says do this without any knowledge of how it will be done or if it should be done, the rest are forced to do it regardless of the consequences the crap rolls downhill until someone gets stuck holding the firecracker. Stating facts opposing the management far above is pointless unless you can get someone uninvolved of a higher level to talk to those higher ups involved, but it can result still in discipline if you start pushing back. You are required to follow the hierarchy to state grievances, makes it hard to get anything communicated in many circumstances. Your "boss" may agree but the guy above him might not want to tell it to the guy above him.
Also needless to say once something fails there is a witch hunt for the guy last pushing the cart.
Most places I have worked at are like this, we will try to do things that are not right before we fail and do the correct thing. Unless the thing that is not right succeeds as it sometimes does then we keep doing that way forever.
There is a definite group of people that feel themselves to be above the peons below, they set the directives, they make the rules, they are the ruling class within the company.