The mindfulness teacher

Meet the man who taught Michael Jordan & Kobe Bryant meditation. If it has helped top athletes achieve high performance under demanding conditions, why would you not try it? It’s free! Article in The Boston Globe, This mindfulness teacher gets results (just ask Kobe): Newton’s George Mumford teaches basketball greats — and everyday people — the power of flow. “The crowd gets quiet, and the moment starts to become the moment for me . . . that’s part of that Zen Buddhism stuff. Once you get into the moment, you know when you are there. Things start to move slowly, you start … Continue reading The mindfulness teacher

Cannot predict human factors?

“There is nothing we can do, because there is nothing that we failed in … This has to do with human factors, and you cannot predict that.” ~ Marlene Manave, the former boss of LAM Mozambique, regards her carrier’s response to the pilot murder-suicide crash of flight 470. So much for studying psychology then. Quoted in The Economist. 

Sleep and air crew fatigue management.

“As long as human beings are pilots . . . fatigue will be a critical safety issue that demands our attention.” Sleep and Air Crew Fatigue Management, excellent serious article in Business & commercial Aviation magazine. Airmanship demands alertness. Quotes Sully Sullenberger, the NTSB’s Mark Rosekind, and many more.

Somber reading about F/A-18C accident

“An overreliance on technology can be a disadvantage.” Official report of a USN F/A-18C fatal accident that also talked about ‘situational awareness’. Good weather. Good plane. Good pilot. Always risky aircraft carrier operations. All this and more in a somber New York Times article

Quick thinking airmanship saves the day

    Quick thinking airmanship saves the day. What would you do if the windshield become completely unusable, covered in sea salt? The Irish Independent has the amazing full story: http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/irish-pilots-save-plane-and-46-passengers-during-landing-aaiu-31186623.html