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Butch
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| 08/03/2006 9:17 PM |
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1. In your opinion what are the top five causes of helicopter accidents attributed to human factors.
2. What do you think is a possible solution to a particular human factors error?
3. What do you think the odds of you personally being involved in an accident attributed to human factors is?
4. What do you think the odds of someone you know or work with are for being involved in a human factors accident?
5. What do you feel is the number one way to reduce human factors accidents in our profession? |
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pat.fauchere@bluewin.ch
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| 08/06/2006 9:12 AM |
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To reduce the accident rate we should act on the attitude of the crew. Safety is not a word, neither a system, or a project, safety is an ATTITUDE. You can follow CRM, if you don't change your attitude it doesn't help much. You can add a HUMS or a HOMP, again you have to change your attitude.
Crews should learn to say NO.
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devil 49
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| 08/20/2006 1:22 PM |
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1. In your opinion what are the top five causes of helicopter accidents attributed to human factors.
I’ve been flying EMS for 5 years, so the factors I see as issues may be biased by my present environment. Here are the biggest ssues:
i. We (EMS pilots) are at our intellectual worst when we face our most demanding situation: night scenes. Scheduling routinely creates a circadian disruption issue, causing intellectual deficit. “10 hours of uninterrupted rest” is inadequate.
ii. We’re not only stupid, we’re functionally blind to terrain and weather. I wouldn’t qualify for a Class II medical with vision that varied from 20/200 to 20/400 vision- typical human vision at night, unaided.
2. What do you think is a possible solution to a particular human factors error?
i. Scientific expertise is available. We need advice on scheduling to minimize adverse effects of night rotations.
ii. Aided night vision should be required for night off airport operations.
3. What do you think the odds of you personally being involved in an accident attributed to human factors is?
10%
4. What do you think the odds of someone you know or work with are for being involved in a human factors accident?
100%, in the next few years. It will happen. It has happened, several times, in my career.
5. What do you feel is the number one way to reduce human factors accidents in our profession?
My preferred resolution would be those specified in Item #2, with additional training specific to night operations. Pilots with military training and exeperience specificly in this area will be a shrinking resource in the future.
"Just say no" is a good attitude. When operators take that advice, you'll see a marked improvement.
In the meantime:
"The other (fill in the blank- pilots, crews, programs and vendors) do it" this way;
Or, "That equipment is not required; not economical; will increase the hazard (NVGs!!!)";
And finally, "That's how we've always done it." And that's why nights account for a high rate of accidents. They have since Viet Nam, in my experience. |
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Stan Gosnell
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| 09/27/2006 6:13 PM |
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Wally, I think you're pretty much right on. I don't think I could quantify the chances of my being in an accident, but they're certainly well above zero. I've flown nights for about 10 years, and I agree that rotating schedules is a bad, bad thing. Fortunately, I've mostly flown nights full time, with little rotation. When I had to work over on days, it was hard to adjust, and I relied on a wide-awake copilot to help. But I've found both of us dozing more than once. It's worse at night.
One thing all helicopter pilots absolutely must learn is how to say "NO" loudly and often. I've had customers, and even managers, try to get me to do amazingly stupid things, and always insist that "The other pilot does it all the time". My reply to that was "Get the other pilot out here, then." Usually, when I did talk to the other pilot about it, he said "Say what? I never did that". If it feels the least bit hinky, you really need to think about 4 times before you do it. Perceived pressure, real or not, from customers and supervisors is by far the most frequent cause of accidents. It doesn't get written into the NTSB report, but it's almost always present. |
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