Gareth LockA capable diver dies pushing past his limits. Drawing on the Fairchild B-52 crash and Doc Deep, this piece explores normalisation of deviance, ego, and why in diving, where no one can ground you, culture and a good team are the only real brake.
Steve SmithSmith is the primary author and editor of Beneficial Risks and Safety Science for Outdoor & Experiential Education as well as the host of an outdoor risk management podcast. He lives in Langley, Washington and loves exploring the Pacific Northwest
Andrzej GornickiNurkowanie nie może skopiować nadzoru lotniczego, ale może budować margines i odporność. Artykuł o presji handlowej, kompromisach instruktorów i projektowaniu systemów bezpieczeństwa.
Gareth LockDiving blames the last person to touch it—and the system is built to. Gareth Lock from The Human Diver on why real safety learning needs changes to the structure, not more rules, and what diving can learn from how skydiving slashed its fatality rate
Human factors, non-technical skills and learning from emergent outcomes for the divers who refuse the bad-apple story.
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