
Originally Posted by
alwaysinjured
And therein lies the problem. A wholesale misunderstanding of what is needed. So the wrong presumption repeated by Wharfe that current rules are the answer. What Lisa J regards as detail is the essence. What she regards as the essence is detail.
And the presumption by Lisa J that they are "fell race safety experts" when Graham identifies the four people at the inquest from the so called "safety" committee, only one of which is an active RO that I can see, and none are either qualified at or experienced in managing hazardous things, so a 1/8 score for "expertness" in those leading our response.
For chrisssakes This is peoples lives. we are talking about someone LEFT FOR DEAD ON THE FELLS HERE after everyone went home, and but for "luck" an RO in serious civil if not criminal trouble for want of bad instruction and advice by FRA on managing safety. and they have not even tackled the basics of why that happened, and what is really needed to fix it from a professional safety understanding standpoint. Our sport is out on a limb and found wanting.
The criticism is all justified. And the lack of action deplorable. And but for the criticism we would have been left with the old version of rules- the changes graham takes credit for now, were done grudgingly, against staunch resistance and rudeness only because we raised them multiple times, and only then done wrongly. The rules are slightly less bad, not good.
The dual standards implicit in posts such as yours are a problem too,. As I said to Lisa J , if you took your car to a garage and they bungled it making basic errors, you certainly would not allow the same people to do your car again without supervision of someone more competent, if you allowed them to touch it again that is. I cannot think Wharfeego would "thank them" for their efforts. He would be annoyed they accepted a job they were not qualified to do.
The majority can agree the rules are right. But if I have a medical problem, I want one doctor to decide what is needed not the majority view of lay people. That is why safety law in the corporate sphere demands a "competent safety person" with authority to act. Our safety committee have turned down all offers for such help