Tag Archives: Black Swan

3 Interviews on Black Swans, Resilience & Oshkosh “Theater in the Woods”

17 July, 2015 · by · in Leadership, Management, Teamwork, Technical, Technical Crew, Training · 9 Comments

Report on Resilience “Resilience – Recovering pilots’ lost flying skills” The Royal Aeronautical Society, London has published the report that I produced after I opened the Flight Simulation Conference at the RAeS in London in November 2014. My report studies the flight safety statistics from 1942 until 2014 and the implications for flight simulation industry. The future […]

Back Story QF32 p 159 – Startle Effect, Fight, Flight, Play Dead and Deliberate Practice

2 November, 2012 · by · in Back Stories, Psychological, Training · 9 Comments

Our reaction to stress and panic has evolved as a successful survival strategy. Imagine a panic situation such as a lion attacking us. Deep within our brains, sitting atop the brain stem, the limbic system is the first set of brain structures to comprehend and recognise the sight and the roar of the approaching lion […]

Post Traumatic Stress and PCM (QF32 p 311)

27 September, 2012 · by · in Back Stories, Personal, Psychological, QF32 Story · 5 Comments

The feedback I have received from QF32 readers has been profound. By far the greatest surprise I have had when reading the responses is to discover how many people are afflicted by their own version of Post Traumatic Stress (PTS). “The nightmares continue – every night” Many stalwart friends have contacted me to pass on […]