Safety
Research Compares Pilot Safety Culture East vs. West
Study finds Western pilots more satisfied with just culture safety approach, while Eastern pilots more hesitant to share information.

A new study by Taiwanese researcher Meng-Yuan Liao, and scheduled for official publication this November, examines the effects of Eastern and Western societies on the perceptions of commercial aviation safety by international pilots. The research applied the concepts of the James Reason and Alan Hobbs’ safety culture model using a just culture, a reporting culture, and a learning culture as its premise.