[ale] BP knew of problems 11 months before the rig blew -further OT

[Jim Philips]

On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com>wrote:

> Jim Kinney wrote:
> > True. EarthFirst is often seen as ecoterrorists. Their antics have been
> > very geared towards don't make an eco mess while causing problems for
> > "the man". This BP mess sounds more like NASA bad management calls and
> > the Challenget disaster.
>
> Agreed.  I think the bottom line is, either they cut corners, or they
> simply did not plan for dealing with such a problem.  Disaster recovery
> should be part of their plan, obviously it was not.
>
>
>
Who hasn't seen this before in complex projects? Multiple parties are
responsible for the project. Each one assumes the other is responsible for
some major piece of diligence. As a result, nobody does it. Each party is
like a limb without a head controlling it.

The more sinister reading is that responsibility is deliberately diffused,
so that all parties can deny responsibility when something goes wrong. We
have already seen this blame shifting n the congressional hearings on the
disaster.
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