feedback 19-w05
How do we disagree, and do so professionally and constructively, with our colleagues? That is the question I pose as you read the following feedback from a reader. “I will say that I much prefer people make any attempts at
flight test safety
feedback 19-w04
Troy Soileau, an AFIT student, wrote to say this: “I personally don’t know how to get involved with the Flight Test Safety Committee, but I am eager to hear about possibilities.” I proposed three concrete actions as the next steps
safety planning using applied systems theory
In February 2016, Daniel “Mirf” Montes published his doctoral dissertation, “Using STPA to Inform Developmental Product Testing.” In it, he explains that STPA is “an engineering approach that identifies explicit causal scenarios for accidents.” In particular: “I developed a method
feedback 19-w03
“I love it. It inspired me. “This feels like something I’d like to engage in. I’d like to try to attend the Charleston Flight Test Safety Worship in May 2019. I’m thinking whether there’s a recent topic I could propose
Abort!
“Ten seconds,” I said. “Nine.” “…eight.” “…seven.” The silence pounded in my ears. “Six…five…four…” I could think of nothing else but the digital ticking of the clock in the heads up display (HUD), right in front of me. I don’t
flight test safety papers
I want to, and intend to, provide commentary on these papers, but for now too many people have told me, “I never heard about that one.” Risk Awareness: A New Framework for Risk Management in Flight Test Systems Theoretic Process
24 Dead in 15 Accidents
The numbers vary slightly depending on who reports them and what accidents we categorize as “flight test,” but the data send the same message. Tom Huff, Flight Test Safety Committee Chairman, reported these facts during the 2018 Flight Test Safety
Flight Test Fact, 19-01
Recently, I heard a long-time USAF member of SETP say, “I never heard about the Flight Test Safety Committee.” I was speechless. This newsletter is the first step in fixing that problem, but there is another part of that problem