Something I came across.
Nowadays, pilots are encouraged to be open and honest about their mistakes. The industry has powerful, independent bodies designed to investigate crashes. Failure is not regarded as an indictment of the specific pilot who messes up, but as a precious learning opportunity for all pilots, all airlines and all regulators.
Of course, it’s entirely normal to have difficulty in accepting our own failures, be it in a presentation or on the golf course. But it turns out, failure to learn from mistakes has been one of the greatest obstacles to progress. Unfortunately, many companies have not yet established an open system in which these attitudes or patterns can be easily discussed and further consequences prevented. In most cases, they will be noticed by colleagues and whispered about or mentioned behind closed doors. Conventionally, errors are still stigmatised as deficits and associated with embarrassment, shame and fear.
Modern error management is different, and requires a different perspective. It accepts errors — and the reasons for them — as an unavoidable part of human behavior. Sure, those who make mistakes may still become annoyed at themselves, but they need not fear ridicule or sanctions from others. Instead, they should try to analyze what led to the mistake and attempt to eliminate this to prevent future problems.
We should consider redefining our relationship with failure, as individuals, as organizations, and as societies. Instead of denying failure, or spinning it, aviation teaches us to learn from it.
The most complex piece of equipment in a machine is the operator, trouble shooting why someone did what they did is not obvious to casual observers such as we, see the UH-60 thread where the tailwheel was put over the side.
If you think I am going to say that the HLS marking was the prime cause of the accident then you will be waiting a long time...
Crab, you think there may be a memo iterating a necessity to be positioned on the pad?