Our coverage of the FAA’s Compliance Philosophy (April 2016 and April 2017 and in this issue) begs the question of how generally well-intentioned and experienced pilots fall out of compliance in the first place. A little research shows that falling onto the dark side can be slow and insidious with undesired side effects, eventually capable of triggering an incident or accident.
Not only pilots are affected. Noncompliance can worm its way into company and organizational cultures as well, sometimes with even more disastrous outcomes. Let’s dig into this to see how we can avoid the slippery slope of even initially innocent noncompliance that often ends in serious incidents or accidents.
