At last week's JLT Dubai Aviation Insurance Forum I gave a presentation called 'Why we shouldn't fly...' A look at human performance from a layman's perspective, it was intended to highlight the weaknesses in our information processing and behavioural choices that sometimes compromise our ability to be good pilots. I wasn't (at the time) suggesting that humans should not be passengers - quite the opposite, I asserted that we were pretty good at that!
However, on Saturday and Sunday I made the almost 24 hour trip from London Heathrow to Sydney, via Singapore and I am beginning to rethink my position! By the time I got off in Sydney, it felt as though I wasn't suited to flying at all - and I was in first class... Fortunately I am here for a month so there is time to recover!
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