"Culture can affect aviation safety through its effect on how the flight crew deals with difficult situations"
@Twitter "cultures with lower power distances and higher levels of individuality can result in better aviation safety outcomes. In higher power cultures subordinates are less likely to question their superiors."
@Twitter The crash of Korean Air Flight 801 in 1997 was attributed to the pilot's decision to land despite the junior officer's disagreement, while"
@Twitter "the crash of Avianca Flight 52 was caused by the failure to communicate critical low-fuel data between pilots and controllers, and by the failure of the controllers to ask the pilots if they were declaring an emergency and assist the pilots in landing the aircraft."
@Twitter "Geert Hofstede classified national cultures into six dimensions, two of which can be applied to the flight deck: power distance, which defines the "nature of relations between subordinates and superiors", or "how often subordinates are afraid to express disagreement""
I am starting week 2 as a #Xoogler. I'm a prolific #BugFiler even for companies I don't work for, so after I file an alphabet app bug via #InApp#SendFeedback I planned to post somewhere else.