by Jeff Goin | Apr 28, 2019 | Airline Safety
Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) typifies an expensive technology that cumulatively cost billions but dramatically improved safety. Several “saves” have already been scored that kept flesh and aluminum intact. That alone probably paid for...
by Jeff Goin | Apr 28, 2019 | Airline Safety
Greek airline accident involving the Boeing 737 Pressurization system. | See why this was predictable According to preliminary reports (Aviation Safety Network) a Helios Airways Boeing 737 crashed in Greece with an incapacitated crew. During the preflight...
by Jeff Goin | Apr 28, 2019 | Airline Safety
Airport diagrams let pilots understand their taxi route, runway, and limitations (hold shorts). At present there are many shortcomings. Go here to see design principles that were incorporated to make the charts below. We brief an expected route before landing but...
by Jeff Goin | Apr 28, 2019 | Airline Safety
Observations of a SWA Line Captain Airline safety is a continual defense against multiple threats: interruptions, weather, apathy, complacency, fatigue, mechanical failures, difficult personalities, stress, system design and more. We build armor in levels: pilot...
by Jeff Goin | Apr 28, 2019 | Airline Safety
Improving safety means improving the odds with an understanding of human behavior All humans make mistakes. Pilots are human. Pilots makes mistakes. And they do so at surprisingly predictable rates on aggregate. Managers and designers who fail to recognize this...
