Most people plan ~ some over do ! ~ there should always be a
plan B – a viable alternative. … once I missed Tirupathi Express by a few
minutes – took an auto, reached REnigunta where train would stop for 20 odd
minutes – could conveniently catch the train to Chennai ! – the Contingency plan may not work all the time..In philosophy and logic, contingency is the status of
propositions that are neither true under every possible valuation (i.e.
tautologies) nor false under every possible valuation (i.e. contradictions). A
contingent proposition is neither necessarily true nor necessarily false. .. ..
.. difficult to fathom !!
Contingency
(noun) would mean a future event or circumstance which is possible but cannot
be predicted with certainty.A contingency plan is a plan devised for an outcome
other than in the usual (expected) plan. It is often used for risk management
for an exceptional risk that, though unlikely, would have catastrophic
consequences. Contingency plans are often devised by Govt, business houses and
other planners. During times of crisis,
contingency plans are often developed to explore and prepare for any
eventuality. The World could come crashing down for any Company if the Computer
server that has all information crashes ~ for this they would have a back up
server. I know of a company operating in
Chennai having back-up servers in Bangalore and in Singapore – not sure whether
there are cloud solutions for this magnitude too.
Rishabh
Pant will fly in this week to join the Indian squad as a cover for Shikhar Dhawan,
who suffered a hairline fracture after being hit on the left thumb against
Australia on Sunday. Pant was one of the standbys announced by the selectors in
April, while announcing the 15-man squad for the World Cup.The selectors have
worked out that KL Rahul can perform Dhawan's role should he fail to recover,
which is the rationale behind choosing Pant, a middle-order batsman, as cover.
Rahul was originally picked as the third opener in the squad, but sneaked into
the XI last minute as No. 4.
Dhawan
is also currently India's only specialist left-hand batsman in the squad, and
he disrupted Australia's bowling plans during his century earlier this week,
negating legspinner Adam Zampa. This purported advantage against legspin in the
middle overs is another significant reason the selectors have opted for the
left-handed Pant.At a media briefing at Trent Bridge on Wednesday*, India'
assistant coach Sanjay Bangar hinted that Dhawan would sit out of the next
three to four matches. Bangar agreed that having a left-hand batsman in the top
order was always an advantage and that is something India would need to just
cope with until Dhawan is declared fit.He said that Dhawan is a "precious
player" and hence the team management decided to not to rule him out
straightaway.
Bangar
said it was only appropriate to get Pant to be with the squad immediately.
"The thing is around 10 or 12 days, we'll be taking a call on the status
of Shikhar. Until that point, just to make sure that if and when the
replacement is required - and I'm saying if and when - then it is always good
to have the replacement player coming in and practising with the team, as a
standby."Pant has played five ODIs since his debut against West Indies in
October last year and averages 23.25, and he was part of India's squad during
their home series against Australia this year. But Dinesh Karthik's experience
and wicketkeeping had edged him ahead of Pant when the World Cup squad was
named.
Now read this interesting article from TOI where the contingent
plan went awry ! - a Chennai-Ahmedabad GoAir flight (G8911)
scheduled to depart at 6.55am on Thursday was delayed by more than four hours
after one of the pilots did not turn up for duty.
Passengers
had a tough time as they had to wait inside the plane, which was on a parking
bay far away from the terminal, till the airline managed to summon a
replacement for the crew. The flight finally left at10.30am.The passengers boarded
plane on time using shuttle buses. But the plane did not leave well past the
departure time.“Around 7.15am, they announced that there would be a delay.
After sometime, the cabin crew said the flight would depart after one and a
half hours. When we insisted, they said that first officer did not turn up for
duty,” said K Suganthan, a passenger, who boarded the plane.
A
few passengers wanted to get off the plane and return, but the crew discouraged
them saying that they might not be able to leave the terminal till the plane
took off and that they would arrange a replacement for the absent pilot when a
flight from Mumbai landed.“I managed to return to the terminal because I told
them there was no point in flying because I had a return flight the same evening.
An official said that they tried to arrange another pilot but failed as they
were not reachable,” Suganthan said.
Airlines usually keep one pilot on standby if a crew member
scheduled for duty is not able to do the work. However, in this case, the airline
could not arrange a pilot immediately.GoAir, in a
statement, said, “GoAir flight G8 911 from Chennai to Ahmedabad was delayed as
the first officer did not join for duty due to health exigencies. GoAir
arranged for a pilot and the flight took off at 10.30am with 177 passengers on
board.”
People chose to fly by air because it is lot convenient and more
importantly, saves time in a big way !
With regards – S. Sampathkumar
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