In an industry driven by technology, change is a natural part of our condition. What we do for a living and the environment in which we do it changes in small and large ways seemingly continuously. So, why is my head spinning?
By way of explanation, I am in Montreal, where the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA’s) Safety and Flights Ops Conference just ended. The theme of the event was “technological progress and safe operations — embracing technology-driven change,” but the conference could just as easily have been called “Beware the Tsunami.”
I’m exaggerating, of course, but it is easy to feel overwhelmed. In two-and-a-half days, we heard about virtual and augmented reality, cryptocurrency, blockchain technology, autonomous vehicles, biometrics and digital identities, and of course, the subject du jour everywhere — artificial intelligence (AI), both embodied and disembodied. When someone today mentioned renewable energy, I felt almost nostalgic fo…
