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In the early days of commercial flight, working as an airline pilot was dangerous. Aircraft were not the safest machines to operate, mechanical difficulties were routine, and air traffic control…
The global aviation community is in an unprecedented position to achieve a step change in improving safety performance. A convergence of key initiatives is forming a strong foundation to achieve…
Procedures, policies and checklists are an effective way to ensure safety-related tasks are being conducted in a standardized, pragmatic way. They also are, in many cases, a regulatory requirement. But…
A small widget fails deep in the core of a complex mechanism flying through the skies. A chain of events follows, ending with a crew of professional pilots and cabin…
As you may know by now, there has been a paradigmatic shift in identifying the causal factors that lead to aircraft accidents. Initially, accidents were primarily attributed to proximal factors…
Why might U.K. law have an impact on the global aviation industry?
Maintenance human factors sometimes is discussed as if the concept is radically new. Three generations ago, in the late 1940s, it was recognized that it was a designer’s obligation to…
Safety management systems (SMS) can be misunderstood, and the more civil aviation authorities can harmonize SMS requirements, the better for global aviation safety and industry organizations — in particular, for…
Recent missteps in accident response have fueled calls for global reorganization of SAR.
In everyday operations, aviation organizations operate in what is known as the “safety space.” The safety space is a continuum between baseline performance on the left of the continuum and…
