The Tombstone Imperative¶
Weir, A. (1999). The Tombstone Imperative: The Truth About Air Safety. Simon & Schuster.
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- Chesterton's Fence
- Engineering and safety-critical systems — redundant systems and unusual checks in aviation, nuclear, and medical equipment frequently encode lessons paid for in accidents, the "tombstone imperative" by which each rule traces to a specific failure.
This sourceDocuments the aviation 'tombstone imperative' — that safety rules and redundant checks are typically enacted only after specific fatal accidents reveal the failure mode they encode.
- Engineering and safety-critical systems — redundant systems and unusual checks in aviation, nuclear, and medical equipment frequently encode lessons paid for in accidents, the "tombstone imperative" by which each rule traces to a specific failure.
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