I had an issue with my alignment a few months ago.

by Kevin , Monday, April 18, 2011, 11:22 (5547 days ago) @ HumanRobot

Turned out it wasn't an issue with my alignment. It was the "worst wheel bearings" the mechanic had seen in 25+ years. He explained that in a normal case, my driver's side wheel -- rim and all -- would have flown off while I was at 70+ miles per hour and there would be fatalities. He had no idea how that hadn't already happened. And this was the mechanic who didn't have the part to fix my car so referred me to a competitor. He had nothing to gain from this scare story.

The previous weekend, I had taken two of my kids to Chicago. Does that mean I wouldn't have deserved to answer for a terrible accident? No. Nor is this completely analogous to the organizational failures that occurred at ND. But I can't pretend I would have acted with hindsight's wisdom, because I often don't.

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I'm interested in confirming or refuting (edit) - Jay, 2011-04-18, 09:24
- Read the section in "Outliers" about airplane crashes - Dylan, 2011-04-18, 10:39
  - That's an interesting point re: unequal power relationships. - KGB, 2011-04-18, 14:15
    - Oh, ND is not at all unique in that regard - Dylan, 2011-04-18, 14:21
      - But, I mean, they're still going to fire someone, right? - KGB, 2011-04-18, 15:08
    - some companies use "Stop Work" cards - Jay, 2011-04-18, 14:18
  - And it could have been even more out-of-whack in football - Kevin, 2011-04-18, 11:10
    - I guess it's simpler to believe someone ordered a Code Red - Jay, 2011-04-18, 11:25
      - That hasn't stopped certain blogs - Chris (HCC), 2011-04-18, 21:24
        
        do you have a link to the With Leather post? - Jay, 2011-04-19, 07:49
        
        Here ya go - Chris (HCC), 2011-04-19, 08:30
- Check out The Checklist Manifesto - Jeff (BGS), 2011-04-18, 10:22
  - yep - Jay, 2011-04-18, 10:34
- There's one thing I'll definitely refute... - domer.mq, 2011-04-18, 09:43
  - Your first linked article - JRT, 2011-04-18, 10:14
    - Sure, but... - domer.mq, 2011-04-18, 10:26
      - Carrying this over from another front. - JRT, 2011-04-18, 10:29
        
        I think a real issue is that a decision was left up to... - domer.mq, 2011-04-18, 10:31
        
        It wasn't an informed delegation. - JRT, 2011-04-18, 10:33
        
        I'm not arguing that it was. - domer.mq, 2011-04-18, 10:38
        
        Well, if you were anywhere in the upper midwest that day... - KGB, 2011-04-18, 10:52
        
        John Walters tweeted earlier... - domer.mq, 2011-04-18, 10:56
  - Collins, Russ, and Klunder all checked the wind - Jay, 2011-04-18, 09:57
    - I check weather.com, and find their "alerts" easily ignored - domer.mq, 2011-04-18, 10:11
      - Would you ignore a high wind warning - Kevin, 2011-04-18, 10:23
        
        Now, no. - JRT, 2011-04-18, 10:31
        
        If I'm aware of it, probably not. - domer.mq, 2011-04-18, 10:28
        
        I've made the same mistakes, too - HumanRobot, 2011-04-18, 11:17
        
        I had an issue with my alignment a few months ago. - Kevin, 2011-04-18, 11:22
  - Have I ever mentioned how much I hate headline writers? - Chris (HCC), 2011-04-18, 09:49
- Would this qualify as the Swiss Cheese Model? - CW (Rakes), 2011-04-18, 09:30
  - could be - Jay, 2011-04-18, 09:38
    - if there was a single point of failure... - HumanRobot, 2011-04-18, 10:19

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I had an issue with my alignment a few months ago.