All Posts Tagged With: "law of unintended consequences"
The Legal Assault on Competence and Honesty
In October 1993, when Northwest Airlines announced that it had agreed to rehire pilot Norman Prouse as a ground trainer, a company spokesman acknowledged that “some Northwest employees might be bitter.” The reason: three years earlier, Mr. Prouse, after an all-night drinking binge with the two members of his flying crew, had flown a plane [...]
1Oct1997 | David R. Henderson | 1 comment | Continued-
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