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What Gets Measured Gets Attention

What Gets Measured Gets Attention

At the beginning of every year, I am amazed by how many news stories are written about top airline safety rankings and how fast those stories spread. I was once told by a former boss “what gets measured gets attention,” as he was explaining the need to get...
The World Needs to Learn from its Safety Incidents

The World Needs to Learn from its Safety Incidents

Ten years ago, Flight Safety Foundation joined other notable organizations that support aviation safety to issue an unprecedented resolution decrying an increase in aviation accident criminalization. We owe thanks to these organizations and others like them because...
Data Analysis Methods Cross Industries

Data Analysis Methods Cross Industries

United Airlines recently was given credit in a Wall Street Journal article for performing safety analysis that is saving the airline millions. The article speaks about how the idea for this analysis was derived from an open-source violent crimes study under way in...
Big Brother vs. Safety

Big Brother vs. Safety

I recently participated in a gathering organized by the U.S. National Highway Transportation Safety Administration NHTSA). Administrator Mark Rosekind, who previously served as a member of the National Transportation Safety Board, assembled group of safety people...