Beating Murphy’s Law: If Something Unsafe Can Happen, Be Ready

Credit: U.S. Air Force
The patron saint of industrial engineering is U.S. Air Force Capt. Edward Murphy, to whom is credited the rather dubious saying, “Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.” Besides being a misquote, the phrase’s negative implications may encourage us to just give up on making things better. These...
James Albright

James is a retired U.S. Air Force pilot with time in the T-37B, T-38A, KC-135A, EC-135J (Boeing 707), E-4B (Boeing 747) and C-20A/B/C (Gulfstream III…

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