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All engineers and pilots should be safety literate. With the aim of contributing to that goal, I regularly write about all things system safety.
Writing
New Chapter as Professor of Aerospace Engineering
I am thrilled to share that I have been accepted into the esteemed faculty at the renowned Georgia Institute of Technology - a dream destination for my teaching career.
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Harmful Comments in the Media
Whenever a high-profile accident occurs, a lot of ill-informed commentary appears in the media, including otherwise reliable news channels. In this article, I offer my thoughts on how to avoid the pitfalls associated with this harmful trend, following recent events in South Korea.
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Managing Accidents and Public Relations
A large part of public relations (PR) management is about prevention. PR advisors focus on the worst possible outcome and try everything in their power to change perceptions before bad things happen. The main difference between system safety and PR is the key objective, while PR management is there to protect the organisation from any harm, system safety is about eliminating or controlling safety hazards, even if the source of the hazard is the organisation or its leaders.
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Software Safety
The complexity of each new generation of commercial or military aircraft is growing exponentially due to an ever-increasing demand for new functionality. Software offers the least cost option to implement new functions in modern aerospace systems. As a result, software complexity has grown beyond human comprehension. This article offers my thoughts on what this means for system safety.
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