Quoting EagleBoy (Reply 58): I'm in this camp. Health and Safety can go too far sometimes and actually hinder the operation. EG. my mates in the cabin constantly complaining that they company issued oven gloves are actually too think to allow them to open the ovens. In addition they are not waterproof.........aircraft alleys can get very wet during service....... |
Safety rules can vary, depending on country specific habits and safety standards, legal, union standards or by 'best practice'.
One example from Car industries:
We once worked with a Japanese car company.
When in a proto shop, every time you had to go below the lifter and hence under the car, a helmet had to be used.
And tit was strictly enforced. They had a real paranoia behave the one or two times we forgot it, not being used to it.
In Germany (and our company), this is not a safety requirement, as we consider a lifter basically safe, as a lifter has a Lock function which needs to be 'locked in', when in use.
We wondered then as Germans and Americans (it was essentially a global project):
Just next to the lifter, people openly used Toxic fluids, where in Germany very severe safety rules exist regarding evaporation, fire protection, clothing and skin protection, gloves, training etc.):
Compared to the helmet under lifter issue we felt the fluid issue way more a safety and life threatening health risk - completely unbalanced in our view.
So everyone may react here based on the standards and sensitivities in his environments.
Same for Sexual harassment standards:
In US your job may be at risk if you mention a nice dress to your female college, while in Korea (I lived there), your female colleague may almost kill you and hate you if you didn't mention (positively) a new dress or haircut.
Different standards, different behaves - very difficult to globalize.
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Flyglobal