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‘Human error’ in the headlines: Press reporting on Virgin Galactic
Again, a familiar smoke pattern has emerged from the ashes of a high-profile accident. The National Transportation Safety Board held a hearing in Washington D.C. on 28 July 2015 on the Virgin Galactic crash over California on October 31, 2014. … Continue reading
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Should the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors be more of a campaigning organisation? Yes.
Published in ‘The Ergonomist’, Newsletter of the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors, October 2012, p. 4 In September’s The Ergonomist, the President of the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors asked whether the IEHF should become more of a campaigning organisation. Assuming that we want to … Continue reading
