Flight Operations
Northwest Flight 188: When Pilots Become
Passengers.
Landing in Extreme Weather: When Getting it on the Ground can Prove Fatal.
Cockpit Discipline:
Violating the Sterile Cockpit Rule and Ignoring other Standard Operating
Procedures can Lead to Tragedy. Also titled, "What Ever Happened to Cockpit
Discipline? A Dissection of Corporate Airlines Flight 5966."
Appeared in the December 2007 issue of AeroSafety World, a publication of
the Flight Safety Foundation.
Aircraft Accident Investigations: Have we Lost
Touch With the Behavioral Approach?
Appeared in the April-June 2007 issue of ISASI Forum, the journal of the
International Society of Air Safety Investigators.
Maintenance
An Exploration of Deviations in
Aircraft Maintenance Procedures. To appear in an upcoming issue of the International Journal of Applied Aviation
Studies (IJAAS), a publication of the FAA Academy. Will be posted here shortly.
Failure to Follow Procedures:
Deviations are a Significant Factor in Maintenance Errors. Appeared
in the July/August 2009 issue of Director of Maintenance Magazine.
Fatigue Risk Management in Aircraft
Maintenance: An Update on a Complex Issue.
Appeared in the May 2009 issue of Aviation Maintenance Magazine.
Organizational
Speaking of
Errors: A Survey of Regional Airline Employees Reveals Attitudes Toward Error.
Also titled, "Using an Eight-Factor Model to Measure Error Attitudes at a Regional
Airline." Appeared in the October 2009 issue of AeroSafety World, a publication of the
Flight Safety Foundation.
The Human Factors Ladder Still Needs
to Extend Higher.
Appeared in the March 2009 issue of Aviation Maintenance Magazine.
SOS for Your SMS: A Brief Look at
Airport Safety Management Systems. Presented at the South Carolina Aviation
Association's 31st Annual Aviation Conference on February 12, 2009, Myrtle
Beach, SC.
The
Challenges of an Error Reporting System. Appeared in the March-April
2008 issue of Aviation Maintenance Technology Magazine.