During my time in flight school we were required to have sections of the FAR/AIM (Federal Aviation Regulations & Aeronautical Information...

Dr. Richard Cook was an anesthesiologist as well as a pioneering researcher and thought leader in resilience engineering. He elegantly...

Mass casualty incidents (MCIs) are, mercifully, rare. But when they arrive, they don’t knock—they tear the doors off. Whether it’s a...

Despite what medieval paintings might suggest, children are not homunculi—Latin for "little men". From the first wail of infancy to the...

In the past few hours, there has been much talk about Ben Stiller's funny bit at the Oscars, including an analysis of how it is a good...

2025 appears to be in the running to be one of the worst years for aviation, or at least that’s what it feels like from all the media...

2024 turned out to be one of the worst years for aviation since the Boeing 737 Max crashes in 2018 . On Christmas Day, Azerbaijan...

From GOOD Magazine Issue 6, circa. 2007. In response to my recent commentary, a friend (yes you, PJ) asked whether human factors research...

Photo source: X/@jsuryareddy Just over a week ago on 24-Nov, three men knowingly obeyed their navigation app but unknowingly plummeted to...

Recently in Kentucky, USA, the attorney general questioned whether criminal charges were appropriate in a troubling case involving a man...

MEDICINE is a broad discipline that requires years of education and hands-on practice just to get started. MEDICINE is so broad and...

The International Ergonomics Association is the mothership for all human factors societies worldwide, and every three years it organizes...

Earlier this year, one of Singapore’s F-16 fighter jet crashed soon after take-off. The pilot had to eject because the pitch rate...

While the topic of Just Culture pops up from time to time, its roots can be traced all the way back to the formation of the Aviation...

(First published on healthxchange.sg) Like an all-you-can-eat mala buffet, procrastination is also a guilty pleasure that we choose to...

As Atul Gawande would attest, checklists can prevent harm and save lives. In his popular book, “The Checklist Manifesto”, he shared...

(First published 24 March, 2023 here) How are your 2023 resolutions coming along so far? Have you already given up on them? Why do new...

(First published 30 Mar 2021) How hard is it to sail straight? With only 8 major bends in the journey through the Suez Canal, one might...

(First published 29 June, 2023) In case you missed it, a submersible was recently presumed lost and later concluded to have imploded...

(First published 27 March, 2017) Things were smooth-sailing during this year’s 89th Academy Awards, until the famous Oscar gaffe occurred...