An unexpected wind shear warning. The crew had disconnected the auto pilot on final approach at Orly. Thereafter no one flew the aircraft for a few...
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Gadgets could be shrinking the human brain
Human brain will shrinks if not used optimally for prolonged periods. Will automation reliance affect our brain size?
Phone conversation & worlds closest near miss
A phone conversation while driving blinds the brain to unexpected objects that may come in our path. The crew of Air Canada carrying out a visual...
Safety must adopt High-Reliability concepts
A high-reliability organization is an organization that has succeeded in avoiding catastrophes despite a high level of risk and complexity.
Vision document 2 created in 2015, roadmap to Generative Safety Culture
A few hundred thousand dollar fix for the Challenger space ship deferred cost about a billion dollar loss. Building a generative safety culture is a...
Startle vs Surprise and flight crew training
Background Startle and surprise are often cited as potentially contributing factors to aircraft incidents due to their possible negative effects on flight crew performance. In the past, these terms have often been used interchangeably; however, there are distinctive conceptual, behavioural, and physiological differences between the startle reflex and the surprise emotion. The prevalence of startle and surprise on the flight deck has been investigated by examining voluntary incident reports in the Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS). Surprise has been found to be more prevalent than startle.
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GoAir passengers survived a wrong engine shutdown, where British Midland and TransAsia couldn’t
Errors in Aviation Decision making, bad decisions or bad luck!
