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Annemarie Landman’s 2019 work on startle and surprise in the cockpit established her as a leading theorist in the field and has helped to forge applied techniques to manage startle effect in the cockpit. The full paper is available for free download through the TNO repository. Follow the link. After several recent flight safety events, […]
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Source: AirMed&rescue Magazine Alex Pollitt explores the dramatic demand for automation in the cockpit, and how it has both alleviated pilot workload and exposed our limited understanding of the human factor at the center of it all. Automation reduces workload, frees attentional resources to focus on other tasks, and is capable of flying the aircraft […]
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Are lengthy, outdated flightdeck briefings really contributing to aviation safety? Captain RICH LOUDON*, Alaska Airlines and Captain DAVID MORIARTY, RAeS HF Group (Flight Operations and Training) take a look at current briefing procedure and suggest a new way forward. Source: Royal Aeronautical Society aerosociety.com On 14 August, 2013, an Airbus A300, experienced a controlled flight into terrain fatal […]
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Source: Shadowboxtraining.com Have you ever wondered how to improve decision making in fast-paced, real world situations? John Schmitt from Shadow Box Training introduces some basic principles in decision-making. I’m often asked: “How can you train people to make better decisions?” The way you train people to make better decisions depends on how you think people […]
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With the topic of automation in aviation under public scrutiny, perhaps it’s time to review some fundamental aspects of aircraft handling using the technology. Source: Verticalmag.com The high profile crashes of the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max airliners have brought the issue of automation in aviation to the public attention like never […]
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Source: YouTube The classic TED talk by Amy Edmondson introducing her early work on the benefits of creating psychological safety in organisations. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School. She studies teaming, psychological safety, and organizational learning. Her 2019 book, The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace […]
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James Reason, Professor Emeritus, University of Manchester, set out 12 systemic human factors centric principles of error management in his book Managing Maintenance Error: A Practical Guide (co-written with Alan Hobbs and published in 2003). These remain guiding principles in aviation. Source: Aeroassurance James Reason’s 12 Principles Error management has three components, says Reason: Its the third aspect that is […]
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Chapter 1 on Information Processing from the Flight Crew HF Handbook gives a brief theoretical foundation on how humans process information for subsequent (more applied) chapters. Source: CAP737 Flight Crew Human Factors Handbook Feb 2023 ed. IATA (2022) competencies under-pinned by this section are:C2 – CommunicationC4 – Aeroplane Flight Path Management (manual control)C5 – Leadership […]
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Ben Hutchinson discusses a paper analysing 95 serious incidents in naval aviation using the HFACS model. Error types are viewed as symptoms of deeper trouble within an organisation. Source: LinkedIn This was interesting – it studied 95 severe naval aviation mishaps. The incidents were evaluated using the DoD HFACS model, the applicability of HFACS was […]
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Paul Stevens, expert in aviation English from Mayflower College, U.K. offers a point brief in how fatigue can effect our operational communication. Source: LinkedIn 💤 FATIGUE AND ITS EFFECT ON COMMUNICATION IN AVIATION ✈️ Fatigue is a hot topic in aviation. We know that fatigue can negatively impact our: ⚫ Reaction times ⚫ Situational awareness […]
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