People in Control: A Conversation With Captain James Burnell

Aviation is heavily reliant on procedures, but procedures can never replace human adaptivity in all…

Human Performance in the Spotlight: Mental Practice

This article is a slightly edited reproduction of an article published in HindSight magazine issue 36 (Autumn 2024) (all issues…

From Cockpits to Courtrooms: Looking Back on a 50-Year Journey – A Conversation With Tom Lintner

From early rides on the roads, in the sea and in the sky, to diverse…

HindSight 35: Just Culture…Revisited is out now

HindSight is a magazine on human and organisational factors in operations. HindSight magazine is free and…

Competency and Moral Dilemmas: “What Would You Do?”

Sometimes in our working lives, we have to make decisions that involve a kind of…

The Curious Incident of the Runway Incursion in the Night-Time

Sometimes after an incident, a system-wide change is implemented that makes work more difficult and creates new problems. This story is one such example, which contains useful lessons for responding to rare events. Steven Shorrock recounts the tale.

Surprises, Fast and Slow: Preparing for the Limits of Work-as-Imagined

This article is a reproduction of the Editorial published in HindSight magazine issue 34 in…

HindSight 34: Handling Surprises (Tales of the Unexpected) is out now

HindSight is a magazine on human and organisational factors in operations. HindSight magazine is free…

Learning About Aviation Work in a Pandemic

Everyday work in aviation COVID-19 pandemic has been affected almost beyond recognition, and with it how we feel about work and the future. So what might we learn about work from the perspectives of two front-line professions: air traffic controllers and professional pilots?

QF32 and Post-Traumatic Stress

Most of us will experience post-traumatic stress at some point in our lives, associated with critical incidents at work or events in our personal lives. For some, this progresses to a more severe disorder. In this article, Steven Shorrock reports on an interview with Captain Richard Champion de Crespigny, on his experiences post-QF32.