and they re going to have to deal with the consequences of it in an honest and transparent way. something went wrong here. this is not what you would expect in the normal drilling procedures. i think we ll see executives tomorrow testifying as to the o robustness, as to the thoroughness of everything from well designed to processed execution when they testify in congress. this looks like all of the human factor issues that you would have in a plane crash, where too many poorly made decisions resulted in this catastrophe. well, they admit like we do in airplane crashes after they crash when they go in and find the box, the black box, will they admit error? you think they will? i guess that s what you re saying. pilot error, management error. they re going admit they made mistakes at the middle level, management level, perhaps all the way to the top. do you think that s likely? i think they re going to have to or they won t have a credible case. that s outstanding. i wonder why the
deal with the consequences of it in an honest and transparent way. because something went wrong here. this is not what you would expect in the normal drilling procedures. i think we ll see executives tomorrow testifying as to the robustness, as to the thoroughness of everything from well designed to process execution when they testify in congress. this looks like all of the human factor issues that you would have in a plane crash, where too many poorly made decisions resulted in this catastrophe. well, they admit like we do in airplane crashes after they crash when they go in and find the box, the black box, will they admit error? you think they will? i guess that s what you re saying. pilot error in this case, management error. they re going admit they made mistakes at the middle level, management level, perhaps all the way to the top. do you think that s likely? i think they re going to have to or they won t have a credible case. that is astounding. i wonder why they re lawyeri
responsibility for management error, or management shortcuts? are they going to blame it on their equipment? you know the expression, it s the poor workman who blames the hurt tools. are they going to blame their tools? i think they re going to have to participate in a totally transparent investigatory process for both civil and potential criminal reasons, where they had better be open kimona. there s no advantage to try to keep something secret or hidden. we have to get to the bottom of this. the president but wait a minute. you re saying open kimona. that sounds indiscreet. are they willing to say we had management screw ups? we should have looked at the faults in the cement jobs. we should have seen the red flags flying. we should have stopped. we didn t. we didn t stop, look and listen while we were building this thing. don t you think they ll admit that? it does not expose them. if they don t do that, they will lose all credibility.
why doesn t he call him up why doesn t he say he won t call him because he won t talk the truth to me? well, he talks to people all the time that don t give him the straight skinny. why won t he talk to hayward? why isn t hayward definitely on the dance card this week when the executives come over? well, i think from the very beginning the president wanted to distance himself from this whole process. now he can t. now he s in the middle of it. i think what we re seeing is a bit of the inexperience as a president that we expected because he s learning on the job. but when you are in a direct conflict with somebody, of course you talk to them. tony hayward should have beaten a path to the white house. if he didn t, or if he was told stay away, that s not good. that s wrong. these parties have to talk to each other. let me ask you about this mess that goes on right now. do you have any sense that they re going to accept responsibility for management error or management shortcuts? are