Originally Posted by
safetypee
A related article in New Scientist. This is a valuable source for instructors and those interested in surprise and startle management - preparing for the unknown, which is relevant to many situation is flying.
https://www.newscientist.com/article...ve-a-disaster/
Subscription required for full article, but some selected quotes:
... unknown prejudices can dictate your actions.
... a checklist for the mind.
“No one gets smarter under stress. The question really is who gets dumb faster.”
A sort of parallel from the 80s... The instructor at Mountbatten used a quote which he said originated east of the iron curtain, alluding to the interrogator's short window after an ejection or a crash landing.
"An unusual experience engenders in a man the need to talk".
Not being an habitual, 'balls in the vice', person, I'd have thought interrogation qualifies as unusual too!
Can't recall the origin though- TM maybe?
CG