by Jeff Price | Nov 9, 2013 | Business and Management, Life & Career Success
I think most people understand the basic concept of the checklist. Find a process that needs to be done – write it down. Check it off as you go. But the problem is understanding when you need a checklist and what needs to go on it (not every step is always...
by Jeff Price | Nov 7, 2013 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs
In some sort of cosmic irony the nation’s aviation security leaders gathered just days after the shooting at Los Angeles international Airport to discuss the topics most important to them. The main topic of discussion however was not LAX. Its just too...
by Jeff Price | Nov 7, 2013 | Business and Management, Life & Career Success
Shortly after airplanes started flying, airplanes started crashing. This is of course generally seen as a bad thing and soon the term “pilot error,” would enter our cultural vernacular and never go away (Gawande 32-33). Flying a simple aircraft is actually...
by Jeff Price | Nov 5, 2013 | Business and Management, Life & Career Success
Being a pilot you are raised on checklists, so it really came as a surprise to me that this seemed to be new information for people, particularly those in the medical field. After all, wouldn’t you want to know that the doctor checked to make sure you were...
by Jeff Price | Nov 4, 2013 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs
What should you do in an active shooter event? Did LAX do the right thing? Was the evacuation effective? There is a phrase I’ve heard in the aircraft rescue and fire fighting community, in answer to the question, “if you’re in a plane that crash, how far should...