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Flight Safety Begins At The Dinner Table

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Often risk assessments are conducted to mitigate obvious dramatic and dangerous situation to aviation. But what effect do the every day trivial events have on flight safety? It's  not only disasters that could cause an incidents, but also positive and enjoyable events. A pleasant conversation at the dinner table could distract and cause a human mind to drift away from focusing on tasks. What takes place at the dinner table may be a contributing factor to  the outcome of next flight.   It's widely accepted in the aviation industry that disasters, catastrophic events and accidents affects human behavior and decision making with a greater risk of an unplanned event. When airplanes lift of the runway;  passengers, staff and air traffic controllers have faith in the system that no one had a dramatic experience affecting their job performance. However, the enjoyable moments may also distract and make an impact human behavior.     A hazard might not be mitigable when the risk assess

SMS Makes Flying Safer

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