TBD

Authors

  • Charles Hoes

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56094/jss.v56i1.27

Keywords:

COVID-19, acceptable risk

Abstract

What a year 2020 is turning out to be! First, I wondered what would happen to the airline industry,with the problems Boeing was having with the 737 Max grounding that resulted in hundreds of acres of land covered with unsold new planes — not to mention all the existing grounded planes around the world. Then, the COVID-19 “problem” changed almost instantly from “another problem in China” to a global pandemic. As I write this column, 2020 has seen widespread global demonstrations around the Black Lives Matter movement and police policies. Undoubtedly, the second half of the year will bring new and unexpected problems and “adventures” throughout the world.

Author Biography

Charles Hoes

Charles “Charlie” Hoes began his consulting business in 1984, providing system safety engineering services to defense, aerospace, semiconductor and general industry. During that time he has become a P.E. in Safety in the State of California, a Certified Safety Profession (CSP) with a specialty System Safety Practices and earned a Master of Science degree in Safety from University of Southern California. In 1988 Charlie incorporated his business under the name of “Hoes Engineering, Inc.” He has many years of experience volunteering in support of the International System Safety Society, filling many positions including past President of the Sacramento Chapter, the Virtual Chapter, and the System Safety Society. He is a past technical editor of the System Society’s journal Hazard Prevention (re-named to be the Journal of System Safety), as well as authoring an ongoing feature article of the Journal of System Safety called “TBD” where he discusses current concerns with the system safety profession.

In his new role of being semi-retired, Charlie continues to actively work with the System Safety Society as well as participating in a few “for hire” and volunteer projects that are particularly interesting, or important, for a variety of reasons. He is enjoying the ability of being a bit more selective with regard to projects that he accepts.

TBD

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Published

2020-07-01

How to Cite

Hoes, C. (2020). TBD. Journal of System Safety, 56(1), 10–12. https://doi.org/10.56094/jss.v56i1.27