Dr. Kevin A. White, DM’s Post

Why would EASA or other regulatory agencies and aircraft manufacturers ever consider single pilot operations? It is surely not in the name of safety. To keep aviation as the safest mode of transport in the world, requires TWO highly trained and rested pilots.

This is important. We need more well trained pilots on flight decks and I believe one of the ways to meet the demands for more pilots is reduce the cost of flight training. Major Airlines need to create programmes that hire persons, invest in their pilot training and bond them to work for the airline for a specific number of years. #pilots #airlines #training #flightschool

One pilot or zero pilot is effectively the same thing. Is there any doubt about emco or spo? Watch the full video.

A previous post about Murphy’s law and this one about O’Tooles is something I like to talk about. Murphy was a testpilot for the American Airforce and wanted to anticipate on everything that he could possibly think of that could go wrong. O’Tooles said that on top of everything that you can think of, everything that you CAN’T think of, will also go wrong. This is why I inspire people to be comfortably uncomfortable in these anticipations and situations where anything can go wrong, and to be prepared for when you’re not prepared, and to give it your all regardless. More on this later this week! #motivationmonday #otooleslaw #murphyslaw #comfortablyuncomfortable

Good training goes a long way.

I understand from a reliable sourrce that China would like to recriut Pilots and Ground Support crews from the West that have expertise in modern Fighter operations! These are required to train Chinese pilots in these skills! It is not known if these newly to be trained pilots, are required to subdue Taiwan, or this has a more global purpose🥸

The A350 is the first commercial aircraft that uses extensively carbon fiber reinforced composites. These materials tend to burn much more easily that the traditional Aluminum alloys used for aircraft construction. I wonder if someone will evaluate what would have happened if the aircraft had an Aluminum fuselage?

Correct but bit late for damage control. We've all seen the images and I guarantee Delta has lost and will continue to lose passengers. My company handles PR and Reputation Management for numerous global carriers where this type of practice would never be tolerated. Crisis Management is essential in any PR strategy, but the fact that political allegiances were allowed for cabin staff is simply unacceptable. We'll see the fallout in their Financials particularly on sought after longhaul routes in business and first class. #Reputationmanagement #delta #CrisisManagement

In the tactical world we work on equipment placement, draw and engagement speed with accuracy. Quite often our situational awareness prior to an event isn’t discussed at as great of detail. One lesson I always try to stress is that persistent situational awareness is more important than the fastest reactionary draw.

Years ago I recall while serving on warships, every crew member during operations had a sports whistle with a cord around his/her neck. To use it if they saw something wrong, potentially dangerous or not quite right, according to procedures and based on their experience. And the whistles could be heard from time to time, forcing needed pauses and checks. No incentives were given for using the whistles, neither were reprimands permitted. Interestingly, warships are arguably among the most challenging and complex workplaces in the world, and also among the safest, by deliberate design and hard work. So most of us will easily identify with the safety risks and dangers of not speaking up, as in the article, and recall the Challenger Space Shuttle tragedy. The problem is even harder to deal with in organisations undergoing transformation. Most leaders demand and default to compliance, and seek to control conversations. A few weeks ago I was in a client meeting with a few senior executives, and only one, the most senior, spoke for the entire 75 min session. The others chose to stay quiet. There is plenty to think about, as we support our organisations to successfully transform! ChangeLeader #organisationaldevelopment #organisationalleadership #leadershipdevelopment #leadershipcoaching #organisationaltransformation #middlemanagers