The Wrong Stuff

Airline mishaps and 'pilot error".

This is one of the 10 DVDs in the acclaimed BBC series now available in a totally new format with expert training support material.

'The Wrong Stuff' is a composite video capturing issues associated with psychological profiles of pilots and highlights several basic differences between military fighters and commercial pilots.

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Unlike other DVDs in the BBC Disaster series, which focus on one particular disaster, this DVD chooses a number of airline mishaps to underscore issues associated with so called 'pilot error' and the possibilities of engineering such error out of the system.

Drawing on a number of actual and potentially damaging occurrences involving airlines industry investigators looked at the four out of five outcomes that indicated 'pilot error' and realised the situation needed a closer look.

The title of the video 'The Wrong Stuff' is used as a counterfoil to the fighter pilot concept of 'The Right Stuff'... which depicts a rugged competitive individual who, through sheer determination and will pushes through seemingly impregnable barriers to achieve desired outcomes.

Location - International

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Training package includes:

Each easy to understand workshop in the series can be run by facilitators even with minimal experience in presenting training courses. In addition, tips and guidelines are included to help facilitators with every aspect of the workshop.

DVD - duration 51 minutes
Facilitator's Guide including Facilitator's Checklist
Facilitator's Slide Guide
Participant's Handouts
PowerPoint Presentation

The workshops for each DVD allows for a highly interactive learning environment in which participants undertake detailed Pre-event and Post-event analysis of each disaster. This means they not only listen, but apply the lessons learned, in order to formulate solutions specific to their own workplace: they not only learn what went wrong, but how it could have been avoided.

Flexible delivery formats

DVD • Intranet delivery • University intranet

BBC Disaster Series

The 10 part BBC Disaster Series examines case studies of major disasters from around the world from various industries such as oil and gas, transport, aviation, aeronautics, chemical manufacturing and hospitality. Read more