The lost aviator

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT5gUKJidi0 This is a documentary series which follows the lives of British pilots who work for Indonesian airline Susi Air in Indonesia Bush pilots Documentary following rookie pilots in the Okavango Delta, Botswana https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8hFXSVLuwY

Being a pilot is not just about flying airplanes. Being a pilot is about living a philosophy that prepares you for moments in the air when your reaction is the difference between life and death... Before you ever walk out to your airplane, start your preflight, or hit the starter, consciously take a deep breath, and then begin. http://disciplesofflight.com/zen-art-pilot/

We live in times of seemingly unending progress - and yet somehow things still always go wrong: trains are late, broadband speeds suck and the promotion always goes to the wrong person. Well, it turns out there's an explanation for all this - and progress itself is the problem. Meet The Peter Principle. The Peter principle assumes that people are promoted because they are competent, and that the task higher up in the hierarchy require skills or talent that they do not possess. It concludes that due to this, a competent employee will eventually be promoted to, and remain at, a position at which he or she is incompetent. https://youtu.be/-ZDdxYBaFsw

One of the most important reasons about finding out how the mind works, is that you can know how to avoid making some mistakes. The most important ones related to aviation accidents. In this video Professor Daniel Kahneman, eminent psychologist,  explores the brain and describes two systems. System one is immediate, easy, effortless, creates stories based on ideas not facts because it is associative, and therefore it is prone to error. On the other hand, system two is effortful, tiring, needs procedures to resolve problems and is, at the same time, lazy and endorses system one, even without checking whether system one is correct or not. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjVQJdIrDJ0

Some food for thought. Although we may think it is funny, group conformity is more serious than it appears. You are able to say things that you don't even see or act in a way that you wouldn't ever imagined. Unions, corporate spirit may make us say and act in a way we don't really think. We are inevitably social animals, and we need to get along with our fellows in order to be well enough, but it could end up being a problem if you don't understand assertiveness, and just get swept away by what others think or say... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYIh4MkcfJA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrNIuFrso8I

Who is more open minded? The one who is willing to consider new ideas.... Check out this video explaining how people that may seem more open minded, sometimes are the ones that do not accept new ideas as they come across. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T69TOuqaqXI

If we can imagine how to make a statement false, then we can check it in a deeper way. We will be, then able to say if it is falsifiable in principle.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPR_5TOsh-Y

How do you feel when you are wrong? Exactly the same that when you are right. When you feel bad is when you realize that you have been wrong... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p6365AVsIA

"Why do, smart and well trained professionals with spotless flying records make dumb mistakes and kill themselves? If something is predictable, then it should be preventable. When and where is the next accident going to occur? And while I am not sure when or when I am reasonably certain I can tell you who and why.... Who. I believe is someone who has never had an accident before, highly experienced, and highly respected...who has disengaged a little bit from his profession..." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZX9lyu7EJc

"Leadership is not a noun, it is verb. It's action..." "By the way...the position doesn't make you a leader..." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPwXeg8ThWI

Human perception is a “conscious sensory experience” that utilizes a combination of our senses and our brain to filter and read those sensory inputs (Goldstein, 2010).  Research has revealed that there are a number of common ways that our brains can “trick” us into a misconception of the reality or truth of a situation.  These biases serve as filters, hindering our ability to make accurate decisions.  While some of these biases may not have a large effect on the final outcome of our decision choices in most situations, in certain high risk decision making, the outcome of a decision that is improperly filtered by cognitive bias can be fatal. http://airlinesafety.wordpress.com/2014/04/21/the-role-of-cognitive-bias-in-aircraft-accidents/

http://vimeo.com/90652083 Airbus STALL VL MIX - 28012014 from Giuseppe Scozzola on Vimeo .