A bit late with this but here goes...
Woke up in the middle of the night with HFACS and culture on the brain (rust never sleeps)… At the 2008 ISASI conference the Japanese Ministry of Transport presented a paper discussing their application of the HFACS model. While the American analysis attributed most (if not all) accidents to errors committed at the individual level, the root causes identified by the Japanese occurred primarily at the organizational and supervisory levels. (Perhaps reflections of variations in individualism/collectivism between the cultures?) Combining this with Mansfield’s observations on the airline industry it has me wondering: how much of what makes a pilot good/better is based on individual attributes and initiative, and how much of it is based on organizational/group norms and supports? Is there an interaction between the two?
Hmmmmmm....
gasman, I will get you a reference list later in the day.
J.
Last edited by jolly girl; 3rd Jan 2009 at 11:42.