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There is a big difference between how you behave when you're calm, vs how you behave when you're under stress. Basically, you start hitting sub-sentient "defaul

There is a big difference between how you behave when you're calm, vs how you behave when you're under stress. Basically, you start hitting sub-sentient "defaults." You default to your training. You default to inherited flight or fight behaviors. Emergency procedures and training need to be designed with this in mind, or they will fail. (Presentation preparation is like this. My last presentation failed because by self-training wasn't designed with this in mind.)

Numberwang 8y ago
How would you design presentation preparation with that in mind? Or anything for that matter?
- stcredzero 8y ago
  How would you design presentation preparation with that in mind? Rehearse. Repetition strengthens associations and so increases the chance that you will fall into the same behavior. Or anything for that matter? Masaad Ayoob revolutionized police gunfighting techniques by simplifying movements and changing techniques to more closely resemble the natural stance people take when in the "Fight or Flight" mode. When an airplane is diving into the ground, the natural inclination for pilots is to pull back on the stick. Making the override resemble this would be a way of following this design principle. I think the situation which caused the accident is a bit more complicated and nuanced than just that idea, however.
penagwin 8y ago
Unrelated but "Fight or Flight" is actually a great pun for pilots that I never thought of before.
organsnyder 8y ago
I had an organ teacher that (gently) reprimanded me at a lesson after I exclaimed, "But it went great while I was practicing!" after making some mistakes while playing through a piece. Yes, I might have learned it to the point that I could play it well under no pressure, but I hadn't learned it to the point that I could do the same during a lesson—let alone a performance. Even with pilots aware of the MCAS system, I don't see how anything short of simulator time can really make these planes safe.

Numberwang 8y ago

How would you design presentation preparation with that in mind? Or anything for that matter?

stcredzero 8y ago
How would you design presentation preparation with that in mind? Rehearse. Repetition strengthens associations and so increases the chance that you will fall into the same behavior. Or anything for that matter? Masaad Ayoob revolutionized police gunfighting techniques by simplifying movements and changing techniques to more closely resemble the natural stance people take when in the "Fight or Flight" mode. When an airplane is diving into the ground, the natural inclination for pilots is to pull back on the stick. Making the override resemble this would be a way of following this design principle. I think the situation which caused the accident is a bit more complicated and nuanced than just that idea, however.

penagwin 8y ago

Unrelated but "Fight or Flight" is actually a great pun for pilots that I never thought of before.

organsnyder 8y ago

I had an organ teacher that (gently) reprimanded me at a lesson after I exclaimed, "But it went great while I was practicing!" after making some mistakes while playing through a piece. Yes, I might have learned it to the point that I could play it well under no pressure, but I hadn't learned it to the point that I could do the same during a lesson—let alone a performance. Even with pilots aware of the MCAS system, I don't see how anything short of simulator time can really make these planes safe.