i love how people are literally trying to defend her by calling critics "armchair generals".  > collins said she was appalled to see online trolling from "armchair admirals, people who will never have to make decisions which mean life or death for their subordinates". > judith collins, new zealands first female defense minister so basically if you're put into a position of authority and fuck up, no one is allowed to criticize you because they weren't the ones who had the responsibility? i was in the fucking navy. you make one little fuck up they chew your ass out. this is because of the swiss cheese model of accident causation. there is no such thing as an oopsie-poopsie one time major disaster that was a freak accident, especially in the navy. multiple smaller failures, each represented as "holes" in slices of swiss cheese, align to cause a major disaster. each layer of cheese represents a defense or safeguard against failure (like cleaning, checking equipment, or following procedures), but when the holes (weaknesses or small mistakes) in several layers line up, a disaster can occur. in safety-critical industries, including the military, aviation, and healthcare, this model is used to show how minor, seemingly unrelated failures or oversights can accumulate and result in a serious incident. the model emphasizes that addressing small issues early on can help prevent larger problems later. so tl'dr this stupid bitch wasn't running a tight ship, pun intended, and shit finally went south in a bad way. it wasn't just a one time disaster.
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