Training, Performance & Human Factors - Articles for Endurance Athletes

Investigating accidents and incidents serves one sole purpose; to identify the causes and prevent recurrence. Over time, this data can be analysed to identify common issues and precursors to events, which could be used to predict cases of human error in the future. It’s not quite as cut and dry as it sounds, but human behaviour is actually surprisingly predictable. The US military have used this concept to devise an AI programme called Raven Sentry , which was employed in Afg

I’m not always making errors; despite whatever picture these articles may appear to paint. But I am open about them, as I genuinely believe that’s the only way to prevent their re-occurrence. That being said, the latest slip came just last week. While deployed, we have air conditioning carts to keep the aircraft cool before we start engines. As it was being moved to our other aircraft, my captain (in the left-hand seat) was telling me to check out on the right that the cart w

Sitting in a Grob 115A cockpit, at the hold on an empty airfield I ran through the pre-take-off checklist. It was my first time taking a passenger flying, after completing RAF flying training and finishing off the final elements of my civilian licence. I was eager to get airborne, and although there was no pressure to get going, I did feel the pressure of the responsibility of someone else’s life who didn’t have a clue how the aircraft worked. I’d only ever flown next to an i