tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877221018800830362.post3754715061940994462..comments2024-02-22T01:35:03.164-05:00Comments on Cure Strategy (formerly, Serious Medicine Strategy): Engineering our way to Serious Aviation Safety--lessons for Serious Medicine StrategyJames P. Pinkertonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06914344842339708576noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877221018800830362.post-21554235542627520312020-12-30T16:33:07.625-05:002020-12-30T16:33:07.625-05:00Pilots have always had a challenging profession, b...Pilots have always had a challenging profession, but perhaps now more than ever, just maintaining employment is difficult enough. While the economic downturn that put thousands of pilots on the street is starting to show signs of a slow recovery, eager aviators are faced with an unusual amount of competition when they apply for the various jobs. To say the least, pessimism rules the masses. <a href="https://scudrunners.com/" rel="nofollow">Canadian Pilots</a><br />Marck Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955813496371725900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877221018800830362.post-16191764041910413772011-01-25T15:42:13.312-05:002011-01-25T15:42:13.312-05:00"Fate Is The Hunter" by Ernest K. Gann i..."Fate Is The Hunter" by Ernest K. Gann is a great read and details why technology can never conquer the dangers of flight.<br /><br />Pilots need great tools to help them (like a good pair of <a href="http://all-things-aviation.com/aviator-sunglasses" rel="nofollow">aviator sun glasses</a>) and lots of training, but in the end the sky will still claim its fair share of those who venture into it.JetAviator7https://www.blogger.com/profile/17368635824900152933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877221018800830362.post-86767712638872392672010-08-18T03:01:55.463-04:002010-08-18T03:01:55.463-04:00Brian: Quality control and cost control are diamet...Brian: Quality control and cost control are diametrically opposite goals, and my fear is that ObamaCare will end up being penny wise and pound foolish. For instance, paying highly trained doctors a pittance to treat Medicaid patients - while pushing more people into this government coverage - which will result in reduced numbers of doctors available to treat increased numbers of patients, which drives down both access to care and the quality of care delivered.The Stilettohttp://thestilettoblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877221018800830362.post-65836522361135598612010-08-17T22:03:03.870-04:002010-08-17T22:03:03.870-04:00Stiletto: That's why we need a proper balance ...Stiletto: That's why we need a proper balance between corner cutting to save money, R&D to discover dramatic new treatments, polishing the details to gain efficiencies. Too much or not enough of any of these will either result in wasted money or wasted lives. The question is how to reach such a level of balance. The free market is a well proven approach to make sure that you get what you pay for. The current trend seeks to break this iron law of economics by pursuing the idea of getting what you didn't pay for as a way of life. Of course it can never work but somehow people keep believing that if we all just pretend hard enough that somehow it can be different this time.<br /><br />The solution to all of this misallocation of resources is to connect the expenses with the benefits through a free market, not to promote the idea that more spending or more consumption without the spending, or more regulations, or more rationing, or more research, or more micromanagement. <br /><br />In other words, I'm sympathetic to the general idea that all politicians can do is slather big doses of money onto wounds and that they don't know anything about curing people and they have no business running our medical system even if they did. That applies to Jim too though. Even if he's better qualified to make basic judgments than some Washington Czar, he's still not going to make as much sense out of all of the bits of input out there as millions of people making their own choices for themselves in a free market.<br /><br />--BrianBrian Yoderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10570592912380834276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877221018800830362.post-61507848890839652872010-08-17T19:56:43.830-04:002010-08-17T19:56:43.830-04:00Yes, but if airlines cut corners on maintenance (h...Yes, but if airlines cut corners on maintenance (high quality parts, hiring skilled personnel) or on personnel (over-tired, underpaid pilots working back-to-back transcontinental trips) then all the advances in R&D are for naught. See: <br /><br />How Is Airline Safety Like Healthcare?<br />http://tinyurl.com/yjbfk9d<br /><br />How Is Airline Safety Like Healthcare? II(second item)<br />http://tinyurl.com/yz8goh4<br /><br />How Is Airline Safety Like Healthcare? III (ninth item)<br />http://tinyurl.com/yeeklzqThe Stilettohttp://thestilettoblog.com/noreply@blogger.com