Excellent rant
wonkazoo,
Startle, long or short duration, according to the perceived situation, according to personal disposition, experience; Experience, again questioning where this came from and how formed.
Startle can be reinvigorated, even continuous, particularly in situations where action taken for the situation does not improve conditions; not cure a ‘problem’, because the problem is more often unknown in startling situations. Then … if you follow procedures, (the essential items; don’t quibble about SOPs, nothing is standard when startled) the aircraft / system does not respond as you, design, or regulator expected.
http://www.icao.int/Meetings/LOCI/Pr...Strategies.pdf
http://pacdeff.com/pdfs/W%20Martin%2...esentation.pdf
http://www.flightsafetyaustralia.com...tartle-factor/
http://safetyforum.alpa.org/LinkClic...%3d&tabid=1004