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TOWARDS THE ZERO ACCIDENT GOAL: ASSISTING THE FIRST OFFICER MONITOR AND CHALLENGE CAPTAIN ERRORS

Tarnow, Dr. Eugen (2000) TOWARDS THE ZERO ACCIDENT GOAL: ASSISTING THE FIRST OFFICER MONITOR AND CHALLENGE CAPTAIN ERRORS. [Journal (Paginated)]

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In this article the authority system in the airplane cockpit is related to thirty year old authority studies of Stanley Milgram. Human errors made in the cockpit are found similar to those made in the authority experiments. It is argued that up to 20% of all airplane accidents may be preventable by optimizing the monitoring and challenging of captain errors by the first officer.

Item Type:Journal (Paginated)
Keywords:obedience, cockpit, airplane, pilot, flight engineer, obedience optimization
Subjects:Psychology > Social Psychology
ID Code:4566
Deposited By: Tarnow, Dr. Eugen
Deposited On:20 Oct 2005
Last Modified:11 Mar 2011 08:56

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