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Authoritarian culture is well-known as a risk for aircraft safety. Japanese carriers had a poor safety record, due to the culture of authority, where a first of

Authoritarian culture is well-known as a risk for aircraft safety. Japanese carriers had a poor safety record, due to the culture of authority, where a first officer was reluctant to point out a captain's errors. Following a decent amount of training in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crew_resource_management https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crew_resource_management the safety record improved. Similar techniques are now being taught to surgical teams in hospitals, where there has traditionally been a reluctance for junior members to point our mistakes made by the senior surgeon.

danso 8y ago
But what is "authoritarian culture", in the context of authoritarian regime? I'm not an expert on Japanese culture, but does the emperor still have power to set the norms and the punishment? And could you provide a better link than the "Crew resource management" one, which makes no mention at all of a Japanese airline? edit: here's a story about Japan Airlines, which apaprently had a spate of accidents in 2005, but previusly, hadn't had a fatal accident since 1985 (and apparently was the last airline in 2005 to have had a crash). https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/05/business/worldbusiness/safety-becomes-an-issue-for-japan-airlines.html https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/05/business/worldbusiness/sa...