HE00950 - Allowing time for safer and better operations

This essay looks at the time allowed for operations and see how time in relation to Human Element issues can play a vital role in daily routine operations as well as in emergencies.

When there are statistics given for accidents and causes as well as near miss cases, there is hardly any talk about time allowed for such operations which having been done incorrectly or erroneously, led to those accidents. The usual accident forms have columns in relation to how many hours the person involved in an accident has worked prior to and during - for instance - the day before the accident. They try to concentrate on the fatigue issues in a way rather than see how long the person involved has been on the job and the elements like haste or alacrity.