Tony Kern's Tour of Australia

[Tristan]

I there fellow JCers,

Just want to make a note of Tony Kern's 'error management' seminar held in Sydney the other day. Tony Kern has written two notable books called 'Flight Discipline' and 'Redefining Airmenship'. For me I really valued the information provided at this seminar and covers various issues facing aviation professionals, most notably emphasizing the need for self-improvement, rather than just 'getting by'. In light of recent accidents, I thought the concepts and practical tools offered by Kern would be worth exploring for pilots and other professionals. Has anyone looked at Tony Kern's material? Any views or experiences? Would love to hear feedback.

Cheers

 

[Orange Anchor]

Kern also wrote Darker Shades of Blue which explores how rogues exist within an organization and what happens when rogues run free. Kern also wrote Controlling Pilot Error which was part of the McGraw Hill series of books.

I used some of Kern's stuff in various presentations and yes, the books are worth the read. You can pick them up fairly cheaply at amazon.com

What points did Kern make in his presentations and did he use or credit sources other than his own? There is tons of stuff out there on the web that can be had free for the aviator who wants to continue an informal study to improve his/her piloting skills.

 

[Tristan]

Kern was mainly promoting his course on 'error management'. I guess it would include a lot of content from his books. But Kern has done science based research to provide practical tools in managing human error. The tools encompass various concepts such as 'blue threat/red threat error', 'predict and prevent', and personal error pattern'. convergentperformance.com
I generally appreciate the overall aim of his work, however he does come across as a bit of a win win military maverick, if you know what I mean, it's probably just an American cultural thing, dunno :dunno: