Risk Management
Several recent posts have me remembering a planning tool we used in the Navy called ORM (Operational Risk Management).
The idea is that the mission, not safety, is the priority. This is not to say safety is not important, just not the most important. If safety were truely the most important we should just avoid all risk. Our hobby has inherent risks. What ORM does is evaluates risk probablility and severity and then looks what it would take to eliminate or minimize the risks. Having done this, decisions can be made waht will be done and the risk involved. It's a way of making informed decisions with eyes wide open.