12 episodes
The Human Factor Katy Lee
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- Leisure
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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The Human Factor - looking at the marginal gains in Aviation Safety.
I’m Katy, an Airline Pilot & Human Factors specialist, and together, we'll look at what we can learn from a different Aviation incident in every episode, and how these lessons can be applied to our everyday lives and to other industries.
Follow me on Twitter @katherinealee
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Episode 10 - BEA Flight 548 and authority gradients
Join me, Katy, in The Human Factor as we delve into an aviation incident and see what we can learn from it, for aviation and for our everyday lives.
This week, we look at British European Airways Flight 548, a Hawker Siddeley Trident which crashed shortly after take-off from Heathrow Airport in 1972. What happened? Could it have been avoided? And what did we learn from this tragedy? -
Episode 9 - Eastern Airlines Flight 401 and attention capture
Join me, Katy, in The Human Factor as we delve into an aviation incident and see what we can learn from it, for aviation and for our everyday lives.
This week, we look at Eastern Airlines Flight 401, a Lockheed Tristar which crashed into the Florida Everglades in 1972. What happened? Could it have been avoided? And what did we learn from this tragedy? -
Episode 8 - The Zagreb Incident and commonality of language
Join me, Katy, in The Human Factor as we delve into an aviation incident and see what we can learn from it, for aviation and for our everyday lives.
This week, we look at the Zagreb Incident, a mid-air collision that occurred in 1976 between a British Airways Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9. What happened? Could it have been avoided? And what did we learn from this tragedy? -
Episode 7 - Crossair Flight 3597 and challenging authority
Join me, Katy, in The Human Factor as we delve into an aviation incident and see what we can learn from it, for aviation and for our everyday lives.
This week, we look at Crossair flight 3597, an Avro RJ which crashed into a hillside on approach to Zurich airport in 2001. What happened? Could it have been avoided? And what did we learn from this tragedy? -
Bonus Episode - XW666 and some difficult decision making
Join me, Katy, in The Human Factor as we delve into an aviation incident and see what we can learn from it, for aviation and to take away into the rest of our lives, too.
This week, in a special bonus short episode, we look at XW666, a Royal Air Force Nimrod R.1 which ditched off the coast of Scotland in 1995. What happened? Could it have been avoided? And what can we learn about decision making under pressure? -
Episode 6 - Empire Airlines Flight 8284 and the challenges of rank
Join me, Katy, in The Human Factor as we delve into an aviation incident and see what we can learn from it, for aviation and to take away into the rest of our lives, too.
This week, we look at Empire Airlines Flight 8284, an ATR-42 that crashed just short of the runway in Lubbock, Texas, on the 27 January 2009, writing off the aircraft after it burst into flames. What happened? Could it have been avoided? And what can we learn about challenging authority?