Overall, I think some of the psycho-babble is largely irrelevant but using accident reports related to maintenance error appears to be a good way of focussing minds.
From the HF training I have received, it would appear that Jim Reason is the master guru of HF. Its interesting therefore to find much of his theoretical work severely criticised in research papers published by eminent names in academic Industrial Psychology.
We aeronautical types don't have the luxury of academic musing; we have to get on with the practicalities of working life. At the extreme end of working conditions I often wonder what the HF people would make of working conditions on the battlefield.
(Then there's H & S - I smile at a mental imagine of Grunts running round the sandpit, wearing Hi-viz vests over their CS95s.
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