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Adding a physical act (in your case taking a picture) has been shown to DRASTICALLY increase the rates at which items are completed. The classic example of thi

Adding a physical act (in your case taking a picture) has been shown to DRASTICALLY increase the rates at which items are completed. The classic example of this are train drivers: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pointing-and-calling-japan-trains https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pointing-and-calling-j... Quote from the article: "Originally developed by the now-defunct Kobe Railroad Administration Bureau in the late Meiji Period (the early 20th century), pointing-and-calling is known to reduce workplace errors by up to 85 percent, according to one 1996 study."

SomeHacker44 8y ago
NYC Train conductors now do this, pointing to the video display overhead the center of the station when they open the window.
- LeonM 8y ago
  Not just NYC. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pointing-and-calling-japan-trains https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pointing-and-calling-j...
- astura 8y ago
  Here's a video of people having a bit of fun with it. https://youtu.be/i9jIsxQNz0M https://youtu.be/i9jIsxQNz0M (New York City imported the practice from Japan)
FabHK 8y ago
One thing I do as a pilot, btw, is that for each item on the checklist I touch the actual control (and sometimes even activate on and off again, for example the alternate static air intake). It serves several purposes: * it ensures that you actually look and check, not just say the magic incantation ("fuel selector valve: BOTH") out of habit, and * for rarely used controls (such as the alternate static air source), it familiarises you with it once per flight, so you don't fumble around in case you need it. Not all pilots do that. I wonder whether there are studies on whether this helps. Certainly, there are many cases of planes crashing because pilots forgot to do certain items, even though they were on the checklist and the pilots have gone through the checklist. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lufthansa_Flight_540 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lufthansa_Flight_540 ("The flight engineer was found to have failed to open the slat system bleed air valves as required on the pre-flight checklist.") https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helios_Airways_Flight_522 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helios_Airways_Flight_522 ("the flight crew overlooked the pressurisation system state on three separate occasions: during the pre-flight procedure, the after-start check, and the after take-off check. During these checks, no one in the flight crew noticed the incorrect setting."
- brianpgordon 8y ago
  > it ensures that you actually look and check, not just say the magic incantation This reminds me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanair_Flight_5022#Flaps_and_slats https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanair_Flight_5022#Flaps_and_... ("In the Takeoff Imminent verification checklist the copilot had simply repeated the correct flap and slat position values without actually checking them")
- DoreenMichele 8y ago
  I wonder whether there are studies on whether this helps. There are for trains. Presumably, it generalizes for human behavior, even if it's a plane, not a train. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pointing-and-calling-japan-trains https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pointing-and-calling-j...

SomeHacker44 8y ago

NYC Train conductors now do this, pointing to the video display overhead the center of the station when they open the window.

LeonM 8y ago
Not just NYC. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pointing-and-calling-japan-trains https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pointing-and-calling-j...
astura 8y ago
Here's a video of people having a bit of fun with it. https://youtu.be/i9jIsxQNz0M https://youtu.be/i9jIsxQNz0M (New York City imported the practice from Japan)

FabHK 8y ago

One thing I do as a pilot, btw, is that for each item on the checklist I touch the actual control (and sometimes even activate on and off again, for example the alternate static air intake). It serves several purposes: * it ensures that you actually look and check, not just say the magic incantation ("fuel selector valve: BOTH") out of habit, and * for rarely used controls (such as the alternate static air source), it familiarises you with it once per flight, so you don't fumble around in case you need it. Not all pilots do that. I wonder whether there are studies on whether this helps. Certainly, there are many cases of planes crashing because pilots forgot to do certain items, even though they were on the checklist and the pilots have gone through the checklist. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lufthansa_Flight_540 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lufthansa_Flight_540 ("The flight engineer was found to have failed to open the slat system bleed air valves as required on the pre-flight checklist.") https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helios_Airways_Flight_522 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helios_Airways_Flight_522 ("the flight crew overlooked the pressurisation system state on three separate occasions: during the pre-flight procedure, the after-start check, and the after take-off check. During these checks, no one in the flight crew noticed the incorrect setting."

brianpgordon 8y ago
> it ensures that you actually look and check, not just say the magic incantation This reminds me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanair_Flight_5022#Flaps_and_slats https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanair_Flight_5022#Flaps_and_... ("In the Takeoff Imminent verification checklist the copilot had simply repeated the correct flap and slat position values without actually checking them")
DoreenMichele 8y ago
I wonder whether there are studies on whether this helps. There are for trains. Presumably, it generalizes for human behavior, even if it's a plane, not a train. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pointing-and-calling-japan-trains https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pointing-and-calling-j...