Things that have never happened before happen all the time
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Former BEA deputy chief Jean Paries - who heads human factors consultancy Dedale and took part in an Air France safety review - told an operations forum in Oslo in April that current safety models assume pilots will recognise and identify abnormal situations, then implement relevant procedures.
However in reality, he said, emergency situations generate surprise, causing momentary loss of cognitive control as well as resistance to recognising a loss of comprehension.
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