{"id":468204,"date":"2022-06-27T23:31:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T20:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/humans-make-mistakes-under-this-kind-of-pressure\/"},"modified":"2022-06-27T23:31:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T20:31:13","slug":"humans-make-mistakes-under-this-kind-of-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/humans-make-mistakes-under-this-kind-of-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"#\u2018Humans make mistakes under this kind of pressure\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a242eeb86a30\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a242eeb86a30\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/humans-make-mistakes-under-this-kind-of-pressure\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Humans_make_mistakes_under_this_kind_of_pressure%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;\u2018Humans make mistakes under this kind of pressure\u2019&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Humans_make_mistakes_under_this_kind_of_pressure%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;\u2018Humans make mistakes under this kind of pressure\u2019&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p><em>Paul*, 55, has been a pilot for one of the country\u2019s largest airlines for 30 years, working his way up to captain on international and domestic flights. This summer a pilot shortage \u2014 partly stemming from <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/05\/15\/us-pilot-shortage-forces-airlines-to-cut-flights-scramble-for-solutions.html\">accelerated retirements<\/a> during the COVID pandemic and the cost and difficulty of training new pilots \u2014 has led to nightmarish delays and flight cancellations for thousands of passengers. United Airlines is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/news\/2022\/06\/united-to-cut-50-flights-a-day-from-newark-airport-summer-schedule.html\">cutting 50 flights a day<\/a> from Newark Airport starting next month. American Airlines will be <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/06\/22\/american-airlines-to-stop-flying-to-dubuque-islip-ithaca-toledo.html\">cancelling flights<\/a> to Ithaca and Islip, NY, as well as Toledo, Ohio, in September<\/em>. <em>Southwest Airlines is facing pilot protests over low-pay and bad scheduling.<em> (The Airline Pilots Association <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alpa.org\/news-and-events\/news-room\/2022-06-07-data-showing-nearly-8000-new-pilots-past-12-months\">says there is no pilot shortage<\/a> and the airlines are cutting and canceling flights as cost-saving measures and lying about it.)<\/em> Paul spoke to The Post\u2019s DANA KENNEDY about the hellish conditions he and other pilots are now enduring.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s midnight, and I\u2019ve just finished a transcontinental flight to New York. I\u2019m due back in the air at 3pm tomorrow afternoon, part of a recent increase in my hours. I used to get 15 days off a month minimum for most of my career. Now I get only 10 days off and it\u2019s taking a toll. For the month of June, I was scheduled to have only six days off.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m tired. Flying is definitely not as fun as it used to be. Being a pilot was once the best part-time jobs in the world because you only worked 15 days a month. No more. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/newark-airport.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"United planes line up at Newark Liberty International Airport, where the airline is cutting 50 flights a month starting in July.\" class=\"wp-image-22819776\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/newark-airport.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/newark-airport.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/newark-airport.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/newark-airport.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/newark-airport.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>United planes line up at Newark Liberty International Airport, where the airline is cutting 50 flights a month starting in July.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Corbis via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The pressure is real. There\u2019s pressure to fly when you\u2019re tired. I have to check a box that says I\u2019m fit to fly at the start of every flight. Thirty minutes later that could change. But when I check that box everything that\u2019s legal comes on my shoulders. The company becomes exempt from how I perform from that point on.<\/p>\n<p>There are a lot of issues the public isn\u2019t aware of that have come into play in recent years and you\u2019re seeing some of the results right now. There are some serious problems that could affect safety.<\/p>\n<p>First off, there\u2019s a lot less (initial) training and less frequency in the training of active pilots. We used to get training every six months, then it got pushed to every nine months and now it\u2019s only once a year. And when they do training they compress stuff just to check off the legal boxes. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/masked-passengers.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Mask mandates during the pandemic caused chaos in the skies, pilot Paul told The Post.\" class=\"wp-image-22819782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/masked-passengers.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/masked-passengers.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/masked-passengers.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Mask mandates during the pandemic caused chaos in the skies, pilot Paul told The Post.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There are instances when they fudge the schedules on flight plans to allow pilots to fly <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>s they otherwise wouldn\u2019t be legally allowed to fly. Typically this h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ens at the end of the day when the crews are the most tired.<\/p>\n<p>As long as nothing goes wrong, nobody will find out. But that\u2019s why I keep a copy of every flight plan of mine because if there is an incident it would be scrutinized and they\u2019d see there were actually two flight plans that were made on some trips. They call it a \u201crevision\u201d but in some cases it\u2019s to get around flight time and duty time requirements.<\/p>\n<p>So a lot of times we have to push it even just to fly home. The pressure can also make you angry or anxious. And humans make mistakes under this kind of pressure \u2014 whether that ultimately results in lives being lost, or damage being done to an aircraft.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/nwr-control-tower.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Tight schedules and pilot attrition now mean pilots are flying more flights per month with less time to rest and recuperate, Paul said. \" class=\"wp-image-22819792\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/nwr-control-tower.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/nwr-control-tower.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/nwr-control-tower.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/nwr-control-tower.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/nwr-control-tower.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>Tight schedules and pilot attrition now mean pilots are flying more flights per month with less time to rest and recuperate, Paul said. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Anadolu Agency via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some of the people who were furloughed at the start of the pandemic had to be re-trained or, if they were gone too long, they either couldn\u2019t come back or didn\u2019t want to come back.  A lot of the senior people didn\u2019t leave because they were getting $500,000 in PPE to sit at home.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of the new [airline] management people have MBAs but they don\u2019t know the airlines that well and a lot of them are \u201cwoke,\u201d which doesn\u2019t help anything. Neither did the mask or vaccine mandates. The majority of people in my company didn\u2019t want to get vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>We didn\u2019t have to wear masks in the cockpit. I wouldn\u2019t have been able to do my job with a mask on. I told my flight attendants not to escalate with the mask situation in the cabin. Some of the [attendants] can get like little Nazis and go after someone with their mask below their nose. I said, don\u2019t. They became proxy enforcers for the government, [but] with no training to de-escalate. I told them, call ahead and we can get law enforcement to deal with them [on the ground]. Don\u2019t escalate it on the plane. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/world-trade-center.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Paul said the airlines\u2019 high standards started to slip in the \u201990s when they tried to get in as many customers as possible, taking the \u201cfun and comfort out of flying for everyone.\u201d \" class=\"wp-image-22819799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/world-trade-center.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/world-trade-center.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/world-trade-center.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Paul said the airlines\u2019 high standards started to slip in the \u201990s when they tried to get in as many customers as possible, taking the \u201cfun and comfort out of flying for everyone.\u201d <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Flying when I started out in the \u201990s used to be pretty nice. Then it became a race to the bottom. The airlines began just trying to sell fares and get customers however they could so everyone started buying tickets off Expedia. It was all about getting customers. The margin got so thin I started calling it the \u201cWalmart model.\u201d It took a lot of the fun and comfort out of flying for everyone. A lot of prestige was lost, too.<\/p>\n<p>Then came September 11th. I watched the South Tower drop down from the tarmac at LaGuardia. I thought there was going to be martial law. It was a dark day for the airlines. I knew some of the people who were lost. And after that the machine took over \u2014 the whole military industrial complex \u2014 and it affected everything. Nothing was ever really the same. In the early days after 9\/11, I made sure my crash ax was right where I could grab it in the cockpit and not strapped to the wall in case anyone rushed the cockpit.<\/p>\n<p>They went a little slow on hiring new pilots after 9\/11, they were trying to see what was going to happen. There weren\u2019t a lot of customers. Even during the Obama Administration there was some wait and see. But when Trump got in office everything was looking really good for everyone. It was like the sky was the limit and there\u2019s no looking back \u2014 and then COVID hit and the furloughs came with it. Now we\u2019ve got Biden who\u2019s never had a real job in his life. He\u2019s never had to solve real problems at a real job. All he and everyone else in Washington do is make problems to keep themselves in business.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/frankfort-airport.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Despite the flight delays and pilot shortages now plaguing the airline industry, Paul insists that flying still remains the safest way to travel.\" class=\"wp-image-22819803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/frankfort-airport.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/frankfort-airport.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/frankfort-airport.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Despite the flight delays and pilot shortages now plaguing the airline industry, Paul insists that flying still remains the safest way to travel.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">DPA\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Back in the day, we could get friends and family free or discounted tickets but now I tell my relatives, you\u2019re better off going online and paying because you\u2019ll get better seats than I can get you. The only advantage I have flying as a passenger now is that I can take one of the jump seats. I prefer that to being packed in with the passengers. <\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t get me wrong, I\u2019m blessed to be here. I\u2019m at the top of my <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>. I\u2019m at the pinnacle. I\u2019ve done the hard work and I\u2019m up here at 37,000 feet living the dream I had as a kid. When I started in 1992 I was paid $14.25 an hour. Now my base pay is $240,000 not including overtime.<\/p>\n<p>I know people are worried about flying this summer but I\u2019d never tell anyone not to fly. Flying is still safer than driving. And there\u2019s still plenty of pilots like me with a lot of experience who know what they\u2019re doing. Pilots operate with a sense of mission. They want to get those passengers to their destination.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m a pressure player. I\u2019m normally pretty relaxed but when the s\u2013t hits the fan, I kick into gear and get to work. I perform best under pressure. A lot of pilots my age do.<\/p>\n<p><em>*Paul\u2019s name has been changed to protect his identity.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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