In his keynote presentation this morning at the Business Aviation Safety Summit (BASS) in New Orleans, Convergent Performance CEO Tony Kern argued that more recent social and business aviation industry changes have created a need for rethinking safety approaches and programs. “We are in an unprecedented time, and we cannot use old modes of thinking,” he said, pointing to a generational hand-off, life-work balance pressures, and staffing shortages as among the factors behind shifts affecting safety.
Kern provided attendees at BASS, which is co-organized by NBAA and the Flight Safety Foundation, with guidelines for “learning to think differently,” starting with developing a beginner’s mind—or “Shoshin” in Zen Buddhism. “Experience tends to blind us to changes and new threats,” he said, as those regarded as knowledgeable “go back to what’s worked in the past—the ‘experts curse.’”
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