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<p>[quote user="Euclid"]He knew where it was by mileposts, and there was a 2-mile advance warning sign. He did not happen to see that sign and one of the mileposts. He had an oddometer that he could have used to spot mileposts and thus know exactly where it was, but he did not do that. He knew he was lost at this point, and yet he did not slow down.[/quote]</p> <p>All what you tell is the recollection of the engineer four weeks after the accident.</p> <p>For me all his actions (e.g. not using the odometer) show he didn't realize he was lost until the last moment. So he didn't slow down.</p> <p>[quote user="Euclid"]You would have to read the transcript of the cab conversation and see how he was almost joking about getting lost in other locations. He seemed to dismiss the his responibility to know his territory in these conversations. It was as if he regarded it to Amtrak's fault for thusting into unfamiliar territory. [/quote]</p> <p>I'm not sure if one can take the joking literally.</p> <p>It was Amtrak's fault to send an engineer unfamiiar with the route and locomotive on that trip. It is the engineers fault that he didn't protest or refuse to run the train.</p> <p>To judge from that little information we have that he shouldn't have been allowed to become an engineer seems a bit exaggerated.</p> <p>If better vetting would have found possible flaws I'm not sure.</p> <p>I was involved in vetting processes of civil engineers at my employer. Often enough I was proven wrong, in both directions.</p> <p>Don't forget that people go prepared into this kind of interviews. You mostly can only look at their head not into.</p> <p>And you can select only from those offering their labor.<br />Regards, Volker</p>
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