FD, alterpster,
My point on monitoring relates to how the process of ‘monitoring’ - cross monitoring, checking, is undertaken. I did not wish to target the ‘monitored approach’ procedure specifically which has its place in flying with many benefits.
Many senior people in the industry quote ‘monitoring’ as a solution for the problems of approach and landing, yet provide little guidance on how this can be achieved in operation, instrument flying vs visual, workload, or which parameter is more important according to the situation - which implies awareness of the situation.
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Other posts express their disbelief or failure to understand the human performance involved. Consider this; how with this inability, or unwillingness to comprehend a past situation might a similar future situation be avoided.
Our safety activity must involve reflection and learning, opposed to expecting an answer from an accident report. Individual effort beforehand is more likely to maintain safe operation and help with an attitude that ‘it wouldn’t happen to us’.
Human behaviour is very hard to understand - ‘theres nowt so queer as folk’, and even more difficult to change, thus the need to focus on potential situations and precursors - ‘monitored thinking’ for regulators, management, and pilots.