Monday, April 14, 2008

Why Airplanes Crash

"Whenever I work with young lawyers for the first time, I tell them they only need to know the answer to one question: Why do airplanes crash? Usually, I get answers based on physics. But, no, airplanes crash because the junior co-pilot sees a blinking red light on the console, thinks if anything was wrong then surely the senior pilot would say something or act, and just as surely thinks to himself that he will not say anything that harms his career or gets him yelled at. So, the co-pilot says nothing and that's why airplanes crash. "

- Michael P. Maslanka, managing partner of Ford & Harrison in Dallas (From this article in Texas Lawyer)

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