FIGHT OR FLIGHT EXAMPLES: Situation 1: You walk into class a few moments late, only to find everyone putting books and notes away- preparing for a test you did not realise had been scheduled for today. Your heart seems to stop, your mouth is dry, your knees feel weak and you momentarily consider hurrying back out the door. Your life is not really in danger, and running away will not solve your problem—so why should you feel a physical urge to escape? Situation 2: At a meeting for which you have
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cockpit voice recorder and a flight data recorder. It is these two items of separate equipment which we commonly refer to as a ‘Black Box.’ While they do nothing to help the plane when it is in the air, both these pieces of equipment are vitally important should the plane crash, as they help crash investigators find out what happened just before the crash. Often, for example when a plane crashes into the sea, as happened with the 1985 bombing of Air India flight 182 by Sikh terrorists over the
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“The Art of Failure” Panic and choking always coexisted with our life. Based on Malcolm Gladewell’s “The Art of Failure” the meaning of choke is related with under conditions of stress also choking is all about thinking too much and loss of instinct. In opposite way, panic is about thinking too little and reversion of instinct. According to both definition of choking and panic, playing sports could be a good example of describe it. For example when I play soccer I used to dribbling and shooting
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Fight or flight response I am sure that you are familiar with the fight or flight response? This is a natural response to danger (stress) of us all – humans and animals alike. Imagine the following scenario: A zebra is peacefully grazing in a savanna. A lion is slowly approaching. At the last moment, the zebra spots it and activates the fight or flight response in order to save itself from the predator. It escapes. At the same moment, the lion also activates this response, but for different reasons
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Should Pacific Jet Outsource the 72 Month Inspection Brian S. Dondlinger March 20, 2012 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Abstract The required 72 month inspection on our Gulfstream G IV is coming due in a few months. There are basically two options available to complete the inspection. We can perform the inspection in-house or we can outsource it. In our situation the main advantage of performing the inspection in-house is that we will have direct control over the
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HIGH-LEVEL EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT AT DELTA AIR LINES Bruce E. Kaufman As described in this unique case study, Delta Air Lines operates one of the most advanced, highlevel employee involvement programs in the nation. Based on in-depth field study and personal interviews, the development, structure, operation, and business goals of the program are described. The study then summarizes the business benefits and costs of this type of high-level employee involvement program and concludes with 12 “lessons
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to look for socks in the rear fold of chairs. Similar attention to toilet maintenance may perhaps spare AI of troubles such as the one experienced on Saturday. Safety: In the last 30 years, Air India has had only one crash—that of Air India Flight 182 on June 23, 1985—which ended in a hull loss and 329 deaths. But that crash was the result of terrorist action, not poor safety," said the Air India spokesperson, referring to the Kanishka tragedy where a bomb obliterated a Boeing 747 aircraft
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Motivation, Stress & Communication Leadership & Organizational Behavior Browder CoateS August 12, 2012 To find the right job for you, you'll need to figure out what type of person you are, and what your interests are. For many jobs available, you will need the proper training or education. However, a lot of jobs do offer on the job training, which would enable you to apply for that particular field. Try to match your personality, interests, knowledge, and age, with a position suitable
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both Flight 175 and Flight 11 hit the World Trade Center I was too young to remember, But my mother remembers it as if it were yesterday. At 8:46am as the North Tower was struck by Flight 11 my mother was driving my grandmother to her Chemotherapy. She heard it on the radio of her blazer. “I was shocked and afraid, I had the constant thought of wondering what was going to happen next” she recalled as she relived the day in her mind. By 9:04am, the time that the South Tower was hit by Flight 175
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Human Factors Analysis The Colgan Air 3407 accident, was a commercial flight that crashed in Clarence Center, New York on the way to Buffalo, New York. The flight crash was due to poor piloting and background conditions that have changed regulations in the aviation industry. In this essay we will cover this accident using the PEAR model to evaluate the accident. The first aspect we will evaluate of the accident is the people element of PEAR. The people element covers anyone involved or responsible
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