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Subject:Re: Procedures in real time From:Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca> To:TECHWR-L Writing <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:39:31 -0700
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 12:33 PM, McLauchlan, Kevin
<Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com> wrote:
[Loved the parachute anecdote... I still have yet to try skydiving but want to.]
> Training for tense situations implies recognition criteria
> for important failures and emergencies. If people don't
> take on-board the training they get, then all bets are
> off. If people DO take on-board the training they get,
> their response under stress is only as good as your
> training was relevant....
In the Star Trek movie, Spock devised a training exercise that was
impossible to beat, in order to give future flight crew the experience
of operating through fear. From what you've described, no simulation
can ever provide the experience as a live situation, and it's a crap
shoot as to how a person would handle the situation.
Thanks for providing an understanding that we aren't always as good as
our training. It takes a specific type of person to be able to remain
calm under pressure, decide on the course of action, and act
accordingly.
In any crisis situation we need less blame and more problem solving.
Another great movie quote comes from Sean Connery in the Rock: "So
what are you gonna do about it NOW?"
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