Incompetence Is Now Called "misunderstanding"

[Canary42]

A ploy no doubt to try to avoid punitive claims.

I don't fancy their chances.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-34911943

[Svejk]

Sort of the same thing, innit?

[Baldric]

///Human error caused the Alton Towers rollercoaster crash in June that seriously injured five people, the Staffordshire theme park has said.///

How much more of an honest admission of guilt do you want?

[baza]

Money talks.

[Baldric]

Money talks, it said,

///Merlin Entertainment, which owns Alton Towers, previously said all 16 would receive compensation.///

[youngmafbog]

Not entirly sure what you are getting at. Seems to be oretty open and honest admission of guilt.

[youngmafbog]

Not entirly sure what you are getting at. Seems to be oretty open and honest admission of guilt.

[andy-hughes]

I don't agree Canary.

The accident was caused by a misunderstanding - which is not the same as incompetence.

The first advises that an error was made, the second advises that the individual was not able to do the job properly, and they are not the same thing.

[Sqad]

Incompetence is an inability to do your job as one is trained to do.

Misunderstanding is an "accident" which may happen in all trades or professions to anybody.

In my opinion.

[andy-hughes]

Mine too Sqad.

[Bazile]

//"A ride shutdown message was misunderstood by staff at the ride," an Alton Towers spokeswoman said. //

Doesn't it rather depends on what exactly this message said ?

If the message was open to interpretation then yes , one could see that a mis-understanding could have arisen .

I think we need to know exactly what this message said

[Bazile]

//The message was possibly a red light on a control panel,or a buzzer, it matters not. //

If it was a red stop light and they overrode it and restarted the ride , then yes .

However we don't know what form this message took , unless you know otherwise

[retrocop]

I would be more than upset if,say,a hotel receptionist turned off the fire alarm because she couldn't hear what the guests they were checking in were saying before investigating the cause of the alarm activating.
If the ride stopped suddenly then the operator should of investigated the cause. Blown fuse,some little imp pulling the circuit breaker etc. If there is a message of some type to warn the operator and they ignore it and over ride the safety trip then I reckon that is more than incompetence. More like criminal negligence.

[Zacs-Master]

I'm sure the ensuing HSE evidence at the forthcoming trials will determin the extent of the 'human error'.

[mushroom25]

Misunderstanding? Incompetence? Negligence? Criminal Negligence?

the decision whether to issue writs will be made based on the results of the official HSE report which, according to the BBC, is "not imminent".

once that happens, the courts will decide what this actually constitutes.

[ToraToraTora]

they turned off the thing that stops it going when there is a spare car on the line. Presumably that system was inhibiting the staff somehow. As we know most places are run for the benefit of the staff. Shame the victims had to suffer for these imbeciles.