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Old 23rd September 2009 | 14:25
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What Limits

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My comment is aimed at the forum in general.

What is an error? I believe it to be 'an undesired state'. How do we arrive at this.

If a person makes an error, why do they make it

Lack of knowledge
Lack of understanding
Lack of ability
Lack of process

For each of these examples (non-exhaustive) there is some degree of negligence on the part of the person or the system.

I hypothesise that system error counts for around 80% of all undesired states. These are the errors that need to be managed first because they are the easy ones to correct.

Changing human behaviour will take many generations although I personally do not support the position that rationalised training programmes or increasing automation in aviation will make a positive contribution to reducing errors.
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