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1. Consider of an aviation condition, perhaps involving FAR enforcement, where result of the enforcement action was not to change the behavior, but merely to encourage pilots to not get caught in that behavior.
2. Some airlines provide pilots with an extremely accurate flight plans and predictions of fuel consumption. They offer the pilots a bonus or reward if they can complete the flight using less fuel that predicted. What level of motivation is this? From an aviation safety point of view, what are some of the predictable results of this type of program?
3. Getting airline passengers to pay attention to the safety briefing has become almost impossible. What motivates passengers to not pay attention? What could be done to change that?
4. A pilot is transitioning into a new aircraft. In the new aircraft, the electric trim button is in the same location as the transmit/interphone button in the old aircraft. What human factors problem can you reasonably expect to occur?
5. In a corporate aircraft, the two pilots normally alternate legs with one flying the plane and the other handling the radios and the paperwork. In doing this, though, they also swap seats. The pilot flying the aircraft always flies from the left seat. Do you see any potential human factors problems here?
6. How can a comprehensive safety program identify known human performance factors before they become accidents?
7. You receive a hazard report that is full of grammatical errors and misspellings. It looks like it was written in crayon. Nevertheless, it is a valid report. The individual signed his name. How are you going to handle this report?
8. You receive a hazard report forma pilot who says he has not been reimbursed for travel expenses in over three months. This is causing mental anguish and is becoming a hazard. How are you going to handle this?
9. Corporate HQ sends you an entire NTSB accident report (80 pages) and tells you to distribute this to all pilots as critical information. How are you going to do this?
1. You are the Director of Safety. One member of the aviation safety committee seldom attends meetings, but always sends a representative whose instructions are to "take notes
but say nothing. Make no commitments." What would you do about this?
10. You are the Director of Safety. You have conducted a formal aviation safety inspection of one of your divisions. The vice president of that division has rejected your report and refused to respond to it. What course of action do you take?
11. You are a corporate operator. A group of company executives regularly fly as passengers on your aircraft. You plan to provide them with in-depth passenger safety and emergency training.
What training methods could you use?
What subjects do you intend to cover?
12. Your company president wants to present a single monthly safety award to an individual and have the presentation publicized in the company newsletter. What criteria are you going to use to determine the monthly winner?
13. Consider the situation above. What type award are you going to recommend that the president give?
14. Excluding aircraft accidents, list as many possible uses for rate calculations in your organization as you can. List the different types or categories of exposure you might use.
15. If you analyzed an operation (or part of it) and an accident occurs, does that invalidate your analysis? Discuss the steps you would take to review your analytical methods.
16. When something happens in your company that involves aviation safety, you or your staff needs to know it happened in time to advise management on the proper response. Set up a system that ensures that your office is notified and the notification gets to you or someone that can respond to it.
17. Your company operates aircraft and carries passengers. You are going to develop a passenger safety program. List the topics you would cover in your program.
18. Some of the pilots in your organization have complained that some of their safety related aircraft write-ups were not properly corrected. How are you going to handle this situation?
19. Ground vehicles, when used around aircraft, are a common source of hazards on the flight line. How can the potential for accidents involving ground vehicles be reduced?
20. Imagine you as the Director of Safety for an airline observe the driver of a contract fuel truck driving at excessive speed on the flight line. How do you handle this situation?