This excellent article from safety and risk management specialist Jamie Mallinder on LinkedIn examines the difference between objective risk and risk perception, why there is
This article by Alex Pollitt recounts a serious inflight emergency after multiple, interacting failures, including smoke in the cockpit, loss of control inputs, engine overspeed
In this article, Alex Pollitt argues that labelling complacency as a cause of errors in aviation (and human performance generally) is overly simplistic and unhelpful.
This overview by Helmreich et al. details the history and development of CRM describing the five “generations” of CRM’s evolution.
The paper is from
A short safety video by Bruce Webb, former Chief Pilot for Airbus Helicopters in the United States and safety advocate. This video focuses on the
Here’s one for the helicopter community. An introduction to the principles of threat and error management with a particular focus on how it affects rotary
In this paper Capt Dan Maurino gives an excellent explanation of what TEM actually is.
This article from NAVIMINDS.COM introduces us to expectation bias, examines some case study examples of where it has played a role in aviation accidents, and
This Briefing Note from the Flight Safety Foundation discusses the causes and consequences of interruptions and distractions and describes techniques for reducing and dealing with
In this scientific paper, leading Human Factors scientist Paul Salmon reviews the relevance of the term human error and asks whether it still a useful