Your last sentence makes sense. Other activities with possible fatal consequences have a formal "Check list" procedure. I'm thinking of aviation. The idea of a check list is now being used by...

I read the report and none of the red flags had anything to do with why or how the beacon situation might have occurred. Yes, we will never know but I would think discussing possible scenario's would...

Is this a vibes only thread? I'd like to be able to consider on what might have been the "why?" so I would have a caution flag go up if I was placed in a similar situation. I lost a friend this year...