There is too much grandstanding and playing blame-game going on here.
The politicians should be told that until the Railway Safety Authority has reported, they should exercise more restraint in what they say. It's pathetic how they play to the gallery. Some of the individuals have made extremely vindictive comments about people in other contexts and I would not trust them an inch.
Why does there have to be such an atmosphere of witch-hunt about this? Loking for someone to hang, or fire or whatever? There may well be a reason to fire someone, but we will have to wait for the RSA report before we can pass such a judgement. There is even the possibility that this was a very freak one-off, which no-one could reasonaby foresee without the benefit of that marvellous gift: hindsight.
Look at the aviation industry, which is surely the leader in good safety oversight. The emphasis in accident and indcident enquiries in aviation is to learn lessons that prevent future accidents. Whether anyone gets sacked or disciplined might of course happen, but the main emphasis is on finding the truth and learning lessons for the future.
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