tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133703253863123050.post2758407232174363827..comments2024-02-21T03:48:52.674-05:00Comments on Flying Lessons: Steven Chu's A-ha MomentChristine Negronihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190247339367487575noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133703253863123050.post-60687067893976664512010-10-12T14:35:10.985-04:002010-10-12T14:35:10.985-04:00Christine,
You mentioned that the FAA shed its pr...Christine,<br /><br />You mentioned that the FAA shed its promoter role in 1996, but this is a common misconception. What happened was that the Valujet 592 crash pressured Congress to get rid of this "dual mandate" (protecting safety + promoting aviation) but it actually neutered this change by deleting "promoting" and replacing it with "encouraging." ...I'm not quite sure there is much of a difference. <br /><br />In addition, the conference committee did not seek the FAA to undergo any organizational changes as a result.<br /><br />It also, quite unbelievably, said that: <br /><br />"The managers do not intend for enactment of this provision to require any changes in the FAA’s current organization or functions. Instead, the provision is intended to address any public perceptions that might exist that the promotion of air commerce by the FAA could create a conflict with its safety regulatory mandate."<br /><br />Thus, the dual mandate problem still persists to this day at the FAA.<br /><br />I wrote about this in my whistleblowing blog, http://agcwhistleblower.wordpress.com/2010/09/12/the-faas-dual-mandate-problem/<br /><br />Thanks for your coverage of aviation!David Pardohttp://agcwhistleblower.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133703253863123050.post-47055792630517094662010-09-29T10:39:13.830-04:002010-09-29T10:39:13.830-04:00I can tell you about my own experience: When I dec...I can tell you about my own experience: When I decided to write a Ph.D. thesis, I found this as a promising field: Getting lessons from the aviation to be applied in management.<br /><br />I was very surprised to see that the interest in this came precisely from the aviation and not from business management.<br /><br />Actually, when I published my book "Improving Air Safety through Organizational Learning", Ashgate asked me to suppress the two last chapters of the thesis, precisely those related with the application of aviation learning to different fields.<br /><br />Now, another surprise: Actually, aviation and other fields share the learning model. Simply, some fields can be more pressed to learn than others.<br /><br />Aviation has its own learning problems and, certainly, these problems could point to the ones that other fields are going to confront in the next future.José Sánchez-Alarcoshttp://factorhumano.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133703253863123050.post-7814393863001566832010-09-26T00:18:02.853-04:002010-09-26T00:18:02.853-04:00Hello Christine,
Thanks for this opening up great...Hello Christine,<br /><br />Thanks for this opening up great topic. In fact this is one of the issues I will talk about in my book too. Very briefly, Safety is a state of mind. No amount of regulation or oversight will work if the state of mind is not correct. Like you can tell a guy that he will slip, fall and break his head if he walks on wet floor, but if he responds with "No, I have done it all my life" there is little you can do prevent him from getting injured. <br /><br />So, why is aviation industry doing better in safety standards than other industries? The answer lies in the fact that aircraft accidents are very visible and make good news! A bus full of 50 or 60 passengers has an accident, killing all...does not make news headlines...but an aircraft crashes, and it makes headlines even if no one was killed! The truth is that Aviation is the only industry whose very survival depends on how safe the people preceive it to be...and note, the catch word is "Perceive"...it does not matter how safe or dangerous it actually is, but how it is perceived by the general public that must choose to travel by air for the industry to survive.<br /><br />That is the answer and the reason why this industry takes such visible and proactive measures towards safety and why the attitude of senior management is generally in the right direction, thereby translating to budgatary support for safety measures.<br /><br />Take Care,<br /><br />Captain Samir Kohli.Captain Samir Kohlinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133703253863123050.post-38506234083731638532010-09-24T13:51:41.067-04:002010-09-24T13:51:41.067-04:00Well, let the Guys who make more money taking more...Well, let the Guys who make more money taking more risks - at least in the short run and that's how CEOs do think - decide upon how much risk they should take and see what happens. It is exactely the same in the Airline Industry. Safety is a matter of society and therefore the risklevels must be defined by the State (or regulator) not by the Industry. If it comes to financial risks only (and not for lives) the decisions can be left to the operators.<br /><br />Joerg Handwerg<br />Member of the Board / Spokesman<br />German Airline Pilots AssociationAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133703253863123050.post-68958451596434145152010-09-23T21:12:49.232-04:002010-09-23T21:12:49.232-04:00good point -
FYI, earlier this year I did some wor...good point -<br />FYI, earlier this year I did some work with the Association for Crime Scene Reconstruction, to show them how they might apply some new developments in transportation accident investigation tools to their work. Ideas are still percolating.<br /><br />LudwigLudwig Bennerhttp://www.iprr.orgnoreply@blogger.com