Bombardier Safety Standdown 2014
Managing distractions is key

Attention and distraction issues took center stage at this year’s Bombardier Safety Standdown, the OEM’s annual cornucopia of aviation safety seminars.

“What happens when attention management fails?” asked Dr. Tony Kern, CEO of Convergent Performance. In his discussion of last year’s Asiana crash at San Francisco, he lamented, “I find it difficult to comprehend that these pilots said they really didn’t understand what the autothrottles do.”