13 Mar 2021 18:35
Management could not collapse in organizations
like this. That thinking was next to me as I was driving to my office pretty
much far from home last year. Dry leaves all over the road were telling me I
was about to live a nice summer with my wife and kids. In the meanwhile, a
virus was growing ea...
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01 Feb 2021 22:57
A normal Day For an Air Traffic Controller“From The Diary of an Air Traffic Controller”“ Now I had prepared Myself for my Shift” said the Controller for himself at home, looking back at his Small handbag doing a final check on its contents as now of the hard circumstances of...
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25 Jan 2021 09:25
The 2021-2025 version of the European Plan for Aviation Safety (EPAS) has been published. This is a vital document that sets out the key safety actions at European level over the coming years.European Plan for Aviation Safety 2021 - 2025 | EASA (europa.eu)Crew Wellbeing is finally listed as a focus!...
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18 Jan 2021 14:52
In compliance
with the standards and recommended practices (SARPS) set by the International
Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Non-punitive policy is an important element
of the SMS’ implementation, that must be distributed, adopted and respected in
order to have an effective SMS. Ho...
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24 Nov 2020 14:55
"Barbarians:
Ideas cannot be killed!" Miguel
Ángel Álvarez (Javier Portales)
&n...
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04 Nov 2020 18:04
“When people feel accountable and included, it is more
fun”
Alan MulallyI was heading to the office in this weird summer. The
call I received was way long before my shift begins. It knocked me not only at
my ears, but shocked me like a surge. It was an event with the same engineer...
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05 Oct 2020 17:05
“It is almost as difficult to make a man unlearn his
errors as his knowledge."
Charles Caleb ColtonThe hearing
room is crowded and controlled in a mess of these tears I see scratching this
mother’s face or this husband touching his wife's shoulder trying to contain a
sea of sobbin...
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23 Sep 2020 16:41
If someone has to explain to you how to use an app, then the app is not good enough. How user interface design determines whether you will use that app or never again?I still remember the excitement in our office as we started sketching the first design of our future aviation safety software. Both m...
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07 Sep 2020 11:06
“… but we need something; something established: a Standard."
Film “Thesis on a Homicide”The afternoon was fading away and turning into a hot and silent night in Douala, far away from my wife and kids. I was at my office, cleaning all the drawers and stuff I’ve been w...
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26 Jul 2020 19:26
“… the
failure (both the air carrier’s and CAA’s) to take every measure to reduce a
known collision exposure."
Civil
Aeronautics Board (CAB)The scene was not
only spreading sorrow and uncertainty wherein tears, sobbing, and people all
over were looking for a clue in...
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