Nerds on a plane: what we can learn from the aviation industry
summary
Draws concrete parallels: aviation uses the Swiss Cheese model and formal Aviation Safety Management Systems, publishes black boxes public reports, and reduced accidents over decades with specific fixes. Examples: Air France 447 (pitot tubes iced, bad speed readings, aerodynamic stall, total loss), de Havilland Comet (square windows → metal fatigue → redesign to ovals), Air Blue (CFIT from poor crew resource management plus no radar), and the Air India baggage-bomb that exposes process and training failures. Takeaways: limit blind automation, enforce procedures, enable speaking up, run thorough post‑mortems and assume breach.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction and safety model
- 4:12Aviation safety management
- 9:02Safety culture in industry
- 14:21Accident assessment processes
- 17:48Case study: Air France 447
- 23:26Case study: de Haviland Comet
- 27:01Case study: Air Blue 202
- 32:35Case study: Tenerife disaster
- 36:08Case study: Air India 182
- 38:31Lessons for the IT industry
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