# PS in Aviation

*Tom Geraghty · Safety & Human Error, Stories & Cases*

A comprehensive history of psychological safety in aviation — from early disasters through the development of CRM to modern safety culture. Uses Jan Hagen's research on cockpit communication to show how miscommunication and the failure to speak up are at the root of almost every aviation incident.

- **This page:** https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-aviation/
- **Read the full article on psychsafety.com:** https://psychsafety.com/psychological-safety-aviation/
- **Interactive map:** https://explore.psychsafety.com/?node=aviation

## Connected concepts (13)

- [Crew Resource Mgmt](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/crew-resource-management-and-psychological-safety.md)
- [Collective Mind in Organizations: Heedful Interrelating on Flight Decks](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/weick-roberts-1993.md) (paper)
- [HOP](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/hop-human-and-organisational-performance-training.md)
- [Just Culture](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/just-culture.md)
- [Power Distance Belief and Workplace Communication: The Mediating Role of Fear of Authority](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/dai-et-al-2022.md) (paper)
- [Silence That May Kill: When Aircrew Members Don't Speak Up and Why](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/bienefeld-grote-2012.md) (paper)
- [Cultural Diversity and Crew Communication](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/fischer-orasanu-1999.md) (paper)
- [Human Error & PS](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-human-error.md)
- [PS in Aviation (Special Edition)](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-in-aviation-special-edition.md)
- [Safety I & Safety II](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-73-safety-i-safety-ii.md)
- [Shared Leadership in Multiteam Systems: How Cockpit and Cabin Crews Lead Each Other to Safety](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/bienefeld-grote-2014.md) (paper)
- [The Persistence of Safety Silence: How Flight Deck Microcultures Influence the Efficacy of Crew Resource Management](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/perkins-et-al-2022.md) (paper)
- [WAI vs WAD](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-work-as-imagined-vs-work-as-done.md)