Quick Question.
Imagine that you are the Route Director for Scotland. You have a report on your desk that says there is a severe weather coming, with extreme rainfall expected. You know that the W Highland line and Highalnd Main Line are susceptible to flooding, washouts and bank slips. There is another report on your desk that says that the company you work for has been convicted of failings under the Health and Safety at Work Act for a train that derailed due to a bank slip in such conditions. Your company procedures have been amended to reduce the risk of such an event recurring.
Would you personally override those company procedures, safe in the knowledge that if a train was derailed and someone was killed, you would be going to prison for manslaughter?