As I’ve said before, I know a little something about managing a “break/fix” situation. And from where I’m sittin’ BP ain’t doin’ a very good job. 
Now I’m not plugged into the information like I would be if this occurred on my watch at work, but there seem to be key components missing in this effort.
I’m not getting the feeling that information is being communicated effectively. For example, we still don’t know how much oil is entering the gulf each day, in short, we don’t know how big or small the leak is. Unacceptable.
Next, it feels that we’re working in serial. We have one solution that is dreamed up, prepped, deployed and then monitored. When that doesn’t work, we go back to the beginning and start over. Fresh.