I was going through a documentary on the Airline Accidents due to 'Runway Incursions' and came across these two terms : 'Situational Awareness' & 'Tombstone Mentality'.
Situational Awarenes
Situation awareness (SA) involves being aware of what is happening around you to understand how information, events, and your own actions will impact your goals and objectives, both now and in the near future.Lacking SA or having inadequate SA has been identified as one of the primary factors in accidents attributed to human error . Thus, SA is especially important in work domains where the information flow can be quite high and poor decisions may lead to serious consequences (e.g., piloting an airplane, functioning as a soldier, or treating critically ill or injured patients).
Tombstone mentality
Tombstone mentality is an aviation informal term that notes air safety is often improved only after somebody has died, which points out a fatal defect.
Strictly speaking, tombstone mentality decisions are examples where there is no incentive for an economic actor to be a 'first mover' and promote safety. Sometimes this is a result of market pressures (nobody wants to pay for extra safety, despite their talk), or, it may be a result of legal disincentives such as product liability lawsuits (if a design change is made that is not government approved and somebody is injured, even if the design change was not the reason for the injury, the company may be liable).
Situational Awarenes
Situation awareness (SA) involves being aware of what is happening around you to understand how information, events, and your own actions will impact your goals and objectives, both now and in the near future.Lacking SA or having inadequate SA has been identified as one of the primary factors in accidents attributed to human error . Thus, SA is especially important in work domains where the information flow can be quite high and poor decisions may lead to serious consequences (e.g., piloting an airplane, functioning as a soldier, or treating critically ill or injured patients).
Tombstone mentality
Tombstone mentality is an aviation informal term that notes air safety is often improved only after somebody has died, which points out a fatal defect.
Strictly speaking, tombstone mentality decisions are examples where there is no incentive for an economic actor to be a 'first mover' and promote safety. Sometimes this is a result of market pressures (nobody wants to pay for extra safety, despite their talk), or, it may be a result of legal disincentives such as product liability lawsuits (if a design change is made that is not government approved and somebody is injured, even if the design change was not the reason for the injury, the company may be liable).
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