The Gimli Glider and DEI

The Gimli Glider and DEI

Perhaps other readers, like myself, enjoy watching those ‘Mayday’ episodes. You know, those quasi-documentaries that re-create airplane disasters, showing the tragedy unfold in the first half, and then going through the forensic details that brought the plane down – like a nut that’s the wrong size or improperly fastened. I especially like to give one or two of them a view before going on a plane, perhaps as some kind of masochistic immersion th…