We use a “Swiss cheese” model all the time in aviation relating to accident prevention. Usually when accidents occur, the holes in a Swiss cheese model line up.
You accept that there will be flaws in everything, human error, technical faults, factors on the day etc, but it’s about preventative measures to stop them lining up!
Funfact: The holes in the cheese are created by bacteria living on tiny hay particles in the cheese. A few years back Switzerland funded a study because there were fewer holes in the cheese than in the past decade. The conclusion of the study: due to better milk treatment and filtering, there were fewer hay particles in the milk. Nowadays they have to add dirty milk to filtered milk to get the holes in the cheese.
Is it important to know this or even relevant? Not really, but maybe this is a nice story to tell to people stressed out because of this pandemic :)
Biddy_Bear on October 13rd, 2020 at 10:25 UTC »
Well, I know what I'm making my next mask out of!
gravity-f1ghter on October 13rd, 2020 at 10:25 UTC »
We use a “Swiss cheese” model all the time in aviation relating to accident prevention. Usually when accidents occur, the holes in a Swiss cheese model line up.
You accept that there will be flaws in everything, human error, technical faults, factors on the day etc, but it’s about preventative measures to stop them lining up!
Kloordnung on October 13rd, 2020 at 11:44 UTC »
Funfact: The holes in the cheese are created by bacteria living on tiny hay particles in the cheese. A few years back Switzerland funded a study because there were fewer holes in the cheese than in the past decade. The conclusion of the study: due to better milk treatment and filtering, there were fewer hay particles in the milk. Nowadays they have to add dirty milk to filtered milk to get the holes in the cheese.
Is it important to know this or even relevant? Not really, but maybe this is a nice story to tell to people stressed out because of this pandemic :)
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/29/world/europe/switzerland-scientists-find-the-secret-to-the-holes-in-swiss-cheese-hay-dust.html