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owen at delong

Nov 5, 2009, 6:20 AM

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Human Factors and Accident reduction/mitigation

Regarding Reliability and Availability:

1. Reliability and Availability are related, but not identical.
2. Systemic availability is, generally, the result of the combination
of component
reliability, component redundancy, policies, procedures, and
discipline.
3. Policies, procedures, and discipline help to reduce and/or mitigate
accidents.


In terms of accidents and human factors:

1. Accidents cannot be eliminated, but, with proper procedures,
policies, and
disciplines, most can be eliminated or prevented.

2. Most accidents which cannot be eliminated can be mitigated, but,
doing so
often comes at a cost which exceeds the product of benefit and
likelihood.

We could learn a lot about this from Aviation. Nowhere in human
history has
more research, care, training, and discipline been applied to accident
prevention,
mitigation, and analysis as in aviation. A few examples:

NTSB investigations of EVERY US aircraft accident and published
findings.
NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System

When NTSB finds a design flaw in an aircraft at fault for an accident
there
is a process by which that error gets translated into an
Airworthiness Directive
forcing aircraft owners to have the flaw corrected to continue
operating the
aircraft.

When NTSB finds a training discrepancy, procedural problem, etc., there
is a process by which those discrepancies are addressed.through
training,
retraining, etc.

For example, after a couple of accidents related to microbursts, NTSB
and
FAA determined that all pilots should undergo training on windshear and
windshear avoidance, including microburts.

etc. (There are many more examples)

Owen


robert at tellurian

Nov 5, 2009, 3:14 PM

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At 09:20 AM 11/5/2009, Owen DeLong wrote:
>Regarding Reliability and Availability:
>
>We could learn a lot about this from Aviation.

Owen,

I think if we conducted a poll, a
disproportionate percentage of NANOG folks are
likely also pilots (compared to the general
population anyway) I agree with you completely
that aviation is a good model to follow if it is adapted where it makes sense.

All,
The real problem is same human factors we have in
aviation which cause most accidents. Look at the
list below and replace the word Pilot with
Network Engineer or Support Tech or Programmer or
whatever... and think about all the problems
where something didn't work out right. It's
because someone circumvented the rules,
processes, and cross checks put in place to
prevent the problem in the first place. Nothing
can be made idiot proof because idiots are so creative.

-Robert
SEL/MEL Private Instrument

Listed here:

THE FIVE HAZARDOUS ATTITUDES
1. Anti-Authority:
"Don't tell me."
This attitude is found in people who do not like
anyone telling them what to do. In a sense, they
are saying, "No one can tell me what to do." They
may be resentful of having someone tell them
what to do, or may regard rules, regulations, and
procedures as silly or unnecessary. However, it
is always your prerogative to question authority if you feel it is in error.

2. Impulsivity:
"Do it quickly."
This is the attitude of people who frequently
feel the need to do something, anything, immediately.
They do not stop to think about what they are
about to do; they do not select the best alternative,
and they do the first thing that comes to mind.

3. Invulnerability:
"It won't happen to me."
Many people feel that accidents happen to others,
but never to them. They know accidents can
happen, and they know that anyone can be
affected. They never really feel or believe that they will
be personally involved. Pilots who think this way
are more likely to take chances and increase risk.

4. Macho:
"I can do it."
Pilots who are always trying to prove that they
are better than anyone else are thinking, "I can do it
–I'll show them." Pilots with this type of
attitude will try to prove themselves by taking risks in order
to impress others. While this pattern is thought
to be a male characteristic, women are equally
susceptible.

5. Resignation:
"What's the use?"
Pilots who think, "What's the use?" do not see
themselves as being able to make a great deal of
difference in what happens to them. When things
go well, the pilot is apt to think that it is good luck.
When things go badly, the pilot may feel that
someone is out to get me, or attribute it to bad luck.
The pilot will leave the action to others, for
better or worse. Sometimes, such pilots will even go
along with unreasonable requests just to be a "nice guy."



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michael at linuxmagic

Nov 5, 2009, 4:30 PM

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On November 5, 2009, Robert Boyle wrote:
> It's
> because someone circumvented the rules,
> processes, and cross checks put in place to
> prevent the problem in the first place. Nothing
> can be made idiot proof because idiots are so creative.
>
> -Robert
> SEL/MEL Private Instrument
>

No, no commercial pilot every flew overweight, or in weather below minimums,
or more that the max hours in a month.. never happens ;) And there was never
a boss that 'pushed' them into it, for the sake of expediency or financial
gain, and the phrase.. 'Big Sky, Little Plane' was nevered uttered.. logbooks
never fudged and rules are always followed..

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owen at delong

Nov 5, 2009, 5:08 PM

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On Nov 5, 2009, at 4:30 PM, Michael Peddemors wrote:

> On November 5, 2009, Robert Boyle wrote:
>> It's
>> because someone circumvented the rules,
>> processes, and cross checks put in place to
>> prevent the problem in the first place. Nothing
>> can be made idiot proof because idiots are so creative.
>>
>> -Robert
>> SEL/MEL Private Instrument
>>
>
> No, no commercial pilot every flew overweight, or in weather below
> minimums,
> or more that the max hours in a month.. never happens ;) And there
> was never
> a boss that 'pushed' them into it, for the sake of expediency or
> financial
> gain, and the phrase.. 'Big Sky, Little Plane' was nevered uttered..
> logbooks
> never fudged and rules are always followed..
>
> C(om)255379
>
Of course, all of those things have happened. However, if we started
treating
networking errors more like the way we treat aviation errors, the
reliability
of networking would improve dramatically. OTOH, if we did that, the
cost
of networking would also probably gain a zero.

Owen
Commercial ASEL
Instrument Airplane


jcdill.lists at gmail

Nov 6, 2009, 12:04 PM

Post #5 of 9 (625 views)
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Owen DeLong wrote:
>
> We could learn a lot about this from Aviation. Nowhere in human
> history has
> more research, care, training, and discipline been applied to accident
> prevention,
> mitigation, and analysis as in aviation. A few examples:
>
> NTSB investigations of EVERY US aircraft accident and published
> findings.

Ask any commercial pilot (and especially a commercial commuter flight
pilot) what they think of NTSB investigations when the pilot had a "bad
schedule" that doesn't allow enough time for adequate sleep. They will
point out that lack of sleep can't be determined in an autopsy.

The NTSB routinely puts an accident down to "pilot error" even when
pilots who regularly fly those routes and shifts are convinced that
exhaustion (lack of sleep, long working days) was clearly involved. And
for even worse news - the smaller the plane the more complicated it is
to fly and the LESS rest the pilots receive in their overnight stays
because commuter airlines are covered under part 135 while major
airlines are covered under part 121. My ex flew turbo-prop planes for
American Eagle (American Airlines commuter flights). It was common to
have the pilot get off duty near 10 pm and be requited to report back at
6 am. That's just 8 hours for rest. The "rest period" starts with a
wait for a shuttle to the hotel, then the drive to the hotel (often 15
minutes or more from the airport) then check-in - it can add up to 30-45
minutes before the pilot is actually inside a hotel room. These
overnight stays are in smaller towns like Santa Rosa, Fresno,
Bakersfield, etc. Usually the pilots are put up at hotels that don't
have a restaurant open this late, and no neighboring restaurants (even
fast food) so the pilot doesn't get dinner. (There is no time for
dinner in the flight schedule - they get at most 20 minutes of free time
between arrival and take-off - enough time to get a bio-break and hit a
vending machine but not enough time to actually get a meal.) Take a
shower, get to bed at about 11:30. Set the alarm for 4:45 am and catch
the shuttle back to the airport at 5:15 to get there before the 6:00
reporting time. In that "8 hour" rest period you get less than 6 hours
of sleep - if you can fall asleep easily in a strange hotel.

Commuter route pilots have been fighting to get regulations changed to
require longer overnight periods, and especially to get the required
rest period changed to "behind the door" so that the airlines can't
include the commute time to/from the airport in the "rest" period. This
would force the airlines to select hotels closer to the airport or else
allow longer overnight layovers - either way the pilots would get
adequate rest. See:

http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/publications/directline/dl5_one.htm

The NTSB does a great job with mechanical issues and with training
issues, but they totally miss the boat when it comes to regulating
adequate rest periods in the airline schedules.

To bring this back to NANOG territory, how many times have you or one of
your network admins made a mistake when working with inadequate sleep -
due to extra early start hours (needless 8 am meetings), or working
long/late hours, or being called to work in the middle of the night?

Finally, having lived with a commercial aviation pilot for 5 years and
having worked with network types for much longer, I can say that while
there is some overlap between pilots and IT techs, there are also a LOT
of people who go into computers (programming, network and system
administration) who are totally unsuitable for the regimented
environment required for commercial aviation - people who HATE following
a lot of rules and regulations and fixed schedules. If you tried to
impose FAA-type rules and regulations and airline schedules on an IT
organization, you would have a revolt on your hands. Tread carefully
when you consider to emulating Aviation.

jc


owen at delong

Nov 7, 2009, 10:04 AM

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Re: Human Factors and Accident reduction/mitigation [In reply to]

On Nov 6, 2009, at 12:04 PM, JC Dill wrote:

> Owen DeLong wrote:
>>
>> We could learn a lot about this from Aviation. Nowhere in human
>> history has
>> more research, care, training, and discipline been applied to
>> accident prevention,
>> mitigation, and analysis as in aviation. A few examples:
>>
>> NTSB investigations of EVERY US aircraft accident and published
>> findings.
>
> Ask any commercial pilot (and especially a commercial commuter
> flight pilot) what they think of NTSB investigations when the pilot
> had a "bad schedule" that doesn't allow enough time for adequate
> sleep. They will point out that lack of sleep can't be determined
> in an autopsy.

As a point of information, I _AM_ a commercial pilot.

> The NTSB routinely puts an accident down to "pilot error" even when
> pilots who regularly fly those routes and shifts are convinced that
> exhaustion (lack of sleep, long working days) was clearly involved.
> And for even worse news - the smaller the plane the more complicated
> it is to fly and the LESS rest the pilots receive in their overnight
> stays because commuter airlines are covered under part 135 while
> major airlines are covered under part 121. My ex flew turbo-prop
> planes for American Eagle (American Airlines commuter flights). It
> was common to have the pilot get off duty near 10 pm and be requited
> to report back at 6 am. That's just 8 hours for rest. The "rest
> period" starts with a wait for a shuttle to the hotel, then the
> drive to the hotel (often 15 minutes or more from the airport) then
> check-in - it can add up to 30-45 minutes before the pilot is
> actually inside a hotel room. These overnight stays are in smaller
> towns like Santa Rosa, Fresno, Bakersfield, etc. Usually the pilots
> are put up at hotels that don't have a restaurant open this late,
> and no neighboring restaurants (even fast food) so the pilot doesn't
> get dinner. (There is no time for dinner in the flight schedule -
> they get at most 20 minutes of free time between arrival and take-
> off - enough time to get a bio-break and hit a vending machine but
> not enough time to actually get a meal.) Take a shower, get to bed
> at about 11:30. Set the alarm for 4:45 am and catch the shuttle
> back to the airport at 5:15 to get there before the 6:00 reporting
> time. In that "8 hour" rest period you get less than 6 hours of
> sleep - if you can fall asleep easily in a strange hotel.
>
Flying in such a state of exhaustion is, whether you like it or not, a
form of pilot error.

A pilot who chooses to fly on such a schedule is making an error in
judgment. Sure, there are
all kinds of pressures and employment issues that need to be resolved
to reduce and eliminate
that pressure, and, I support the idea of updating the crew duty time
regulations with that
in mind.

That does not change the fact that FAR 91.3 still applies:

Sec. 91.3

Responsibility and authority of the pilot in command.

(a) The pilot in command of an aircraft is directly responsible for,
and is the final authority as to, the operation of that aircraft.
(b) In an in-flight emergency requiring immediate action, the pilot in
command may deviate from any rule of this part to the extent required
to meet that emergency.
(c) Each pilot in command who deviates from a rule under paragraph (b)
of this section shall, upon the request of the Administrator, send a
written report of that deviation to the Administrator.

A failure to declare him/herself to be incapable of safely completing
the flight is a failure to meet
the requirements of 91.3(a).

> Commuter route pilots have been fighting to get regulations changed
> to require longer overnight periods, and especially to get the
> required rest period changed to "behind the door" so that the
> airlines can't include the commute time to/from the airport in the
> "rest" period. This would force the airlines to select hotels
> closer to the airport or else allow longer overnight layovers -
> either way the pilots would get adequate rest. See:
>
> http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/publications/directline/dl5_one.htm
>
And that would be a good change.

In part, that change is supported by the number of times that the NTSB
has made statments
such as:

We find the probable cause of the accident was pilot error. We believe
that fatigue was likely
a factor in the accident.

> The NTSB does a great job with mechanical issues and with training
> issues, but they totally miss the boat when it comes to regulating
> adequate rest periods in the airline schedules.

No, you miss the boat on the relationship between the stakeholders.

The NTSB has repeatedly commented on the need for better regulations
and better studies
of crew duty time requirements and fatigue as a factor in accidents
and incidents.

However, the NTSB CANNOT change regulations. They investigate
accidents and make
recommendations to the regulatory agencies. The FAA needs to be the
one to change the
regulations. The FAA has not done a particularly good job in
addressing this topic, where
they have done a better job in improving mechanical and training
issues and have been
more likely to follow up on NTSB recommendations in these areas. In
part, that is the
result of reduced pushback on the FAA in these areas from industry.
After all, Boeing does
NOT want to publicly say "We think that this mechanical factor the
NTSB just determined
as the cause of 400 fatalities isn't really an issue and the FAA
should not issue an AD
to make us correct it."

On the other hand, it's much harder for the kind of public feedback
loop that exists in
the above statement to apply to crew fatigue issues.

In any case, this has drifted well off the NANOG topic, and, I would
be happy to discuss
the NTSB, FAA, etc. with you off-list if you wish.

> To bring this back to NANOG territory, how many times have you or
> one of your network admins made a mistake when working with
> inadequate sleep - due to extra early start hours (needless 8 am
> meetings), or working long/late hours, or being called to work in
> the middle of the night?
>
Sure, this happens, but, it's not the only thing that happens.

> Finally, having lived with a commercial aviation pilot for 5 years
> and having worked with network types for much longer, I can say that
> while there is some overlap between pilots and IT techs, there are
> also a LOT of people who go into computers (programming, network and
> system administration) who are totally unsuitable for the regimented
> environment required for commercial aviation - people who HATE
> following a lot of rules and regulations and fixed schedules. If
> you tried to impose FAA-type rules and regulations and airline
> schedules on an IT organization, you would have a revolt on your
> hands. Tread carefully when you consider to emulating Aviation.
>
That's very true. I wasn't advocating that we should emulate
aviation, so much as I was attempting
to point out that if you want to reduce accidents/incidents, there is
a proven model for doing so
and that it comes at a cost. Today, we actually seem, and in my
opinion, rightly so, to prefer
to live with the existing situation. However, given that is the
choice we are making, we should
realize that is the choice we have made and accept the tradeoffs or
make a different choice.

Owen


jcdill.lists at gmail

Nov 7, 2009, 10:45 AM

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Owen DeLong wrote:
>
> On Nov 6, 2009, at 12:04 PM, JC Dill wrote:
>
>> Owen DeLong wrote:
>>>
>>> We could learn a lot about this from Aviation. Nowhere in human
>>> history has
>>> more research, care, training, and discipline been applied to
>>> accident prevention,
>>> mitigation, and analysis as in aviation. A few examples:
>>>
>>> NTSB investigations of EVERY US aircraft accident and published
>>> findings.
>>
>> Ask any commercial pilot (and especially a commercial commuter flight
>> pilot) what they think of NTSB investigations when the pilot had a
>> "bad schedule" that doesn't allow enough time for adequate sleep.
>> They will point out that lack of sleep can't be determined in an
>> autopsy.
>
> As a point of information, I _AM_ a commercial pilot.

There are commercial pilots who fly for a living, and there are those
who have the certification but who don't fly for a living. Do you
regularly fly for a commercial airline where your schedule is determined
by the airline's needs, part 135 or part 121 rules, union rules, etc.
with no ability to modify your work schedule to allow for adequate rest?
>
>> The NTSB routinely puts an accident down to "pilot error" even when
>> pilots who regularly fly those routes and shifts are convinced that
>> exhaustion (lack of sleep, long working days) was clearly involved.
>> And for even worse news - the smaller the plane the more complicated
>> it is to fly and the LESS rest the pilots receive in their overnight
>> stays because commuter airlines are covered under part 135 while
>> major airlines are covered under part 121. My ex flew turbo-prop
>> planes for American Eagle (American Airlines commuter flights). It
>> was common to have the pilot get off duty near 10 pm and be requited
>> to report back at 6 am. That's just 8 hours for rest. The "rest
>> period" starts with a wait for a shuttle to the hotel, then the drive
>> to the hotel (often 15 minutes or more from the airport) then
>> check-in - it can add up to 30-45 minutes before the pilot is
>> actually inside a hotel room. These overnight stays are in smaller
>> towns like Santa Rosa, Fresno, Bakersfield, etc. Usually the pilots
>> are put up at hotels that don't have a restaurant open this late, and
>> no neighboring restaurants (even fast food) so the pilot doesn't get
>> dinner. (There is no time for dinner in the flight schedule - they
>> get at most 20 minutes of free time between arrival and take-off -
>> enough time to get a bio-break and hit a vending machine but not
>> enough time to actually get a meal.) Take a shower, get to bed at
>> about 11:30. Set the alarm for 4:45 am and catch the shuttle back to
>> the airport at 5:15 to get there before the 6:00 reporting time. In
>> that "8 hour" rest period you get less than 6 hours of sleep - if you
>> can fall asleep easily in a strange hotel.
>>
> Flying in such a state of exhaustion is, whether you like it or not, a
> form of pilot error.
There is no other effective option. Almost all the commuter airline
schedules have these short overnights, and it's impossible for most
pilots to avoid being scheduled to fly them. If you bid for these
schedules you are expected to fly them. You can't just decide at 11:30
pm that you need more than 5 hour's rest and that you won't be getting
up at 4:30 am to get to the airport by your 6:00 am report time, or
decide when your alarm wakes you at 4:30 that you are too tired and are
going to get another 2 hours sleep, or decide at 7 pm that you are too
exhausted from flying this schedule for 2 days and are not going to fly
your last leg. If you do this *even once* you will get in very hot
water with the company and if you do it repeatedly you will ultimately
lose your job. They aren't going to change the schedule because it's
"legal" under part 135.
>
> A pilot who chooses to fly on such a schedule is making an error in
> judgment. Sure, there are
> all kinds of pressures and employment issues that need to be resolved
> to reduce and eliminate
> that pressure,

Right now there is no way to avoid putting your job in jeopardy by
refusing to fly these unsafe schedules.

> and, I support the idea of updating the crew duty time regulations
> with that
> in mind.
>
> That does not change the fact that FAR 91.3 still applies:
>

The airlines don't care. They draw up these unsafe schedules and expect
pilots to magically be capable of flying them safely. If there's an
accident it goes down as pilot error, but if you try to claim exhaustion
and refuse to fly citing 91.3 on a repeated basis you WILL be fired.
Catch 22.

Sounds a lot like working in IT with clueless management, doesn't it?

>> To bring this back to NANOG territory, how many times have you or one
>> of your network admins made a mistake when working with inadequate
>> sleep - due to extra early start hours (needless 8 am meetings), or
>> working long/late hours, or being called to work in the middle of the
>> night?
>>
> Sure, this happens, but, it's not the only thing that happens.
>
>> Finally, having lived with a commercial aviation pilot for 5 years
>> and having worked with network types for much longer, I can say that
>> while there is some overlap between pilots and IT techs, there are
>> also a LOT of people who go into computers (programming, network and
>> system administration) who are totally unsuitable for the regimented
>> environment required for commercial aviation - people who HATE
>> following a lot of rules and regulations and fixed schedules. If you
>> tried to impose FAA-type rules and regulations and airline schedules
>> on an IT organization, you would have a revolt on your hands. Tread
>> carefully when you consider to emulating Aviation.
>>
> That's very true. I wasn't advocating that we should emulate
> aviation, so much as I was attempting
> to point out that if you want to reduce accidents/incidents, there is
> a proven model for doing so
> and that it comes at a cost.
Agreed.
> Today, we actually seem, and in my opinion, rightly so, to prefer
> to live with the existing situation. However, given that is the
> choice we are making, we should
> realize that is the choice we have made and accept the tradeoffs or
> make a different choice.

Fast(big/powerful), cheap, good - pick any two. :-)

jc


tkapela at gmail

Nov 8, 2009, 8:26 AM

Post #8 of 9 (614 views)
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Owen,

> We could learn a lot about this from Aviation.  Nowhere in human history has
> more research, care, training, and discipline been applied to accident
> prevention,
> mitigation, and analysis as in aviation.  A few examples:

Others later in this thread duly noted a definite relationship of
costs associated, which are clearly "worth it" given the particular
application of these methods [snipped]. However, I assert this is
warranted because of the specific public trust that commercial
aviation must be given. Additionally, this form of professional or
industry "standard" isn't unique in the world; you can find (albeit
small) parallels in most states' PE certification tracks and the like.

In the case of the big-I internet, I assert we can't (yet)
successfully argue that it's deserving of similar public trust. In
short, I'm arguing that big-I internet deserves special-pleading
status in these sorts of "instrument -> record -> improve" strawmen
and that we shouldn't apply similar concepts or regulation.

(Robert B. then responded):

> All,
> The real problem is same human factors we have in aviation which cause most
> accidents. Look at the list below and replace the word Pilot with Network
> Engineer or Support Tech or Programmer or whatever... and think about all
> the problems where something didn't work out right. It's because someone
> circumvented the rules, processes, and cross checks put in place to prevent
> the problem in the first place. Nothing can be made idiot proof because
> idiots are so creative.

I'd like to suggest we also swap "bug" for "software defect" or
"hardware defect" - perhaps if operators started talking about
problems like engineers, we'd get more global buy-in for a
process-based solution.

I certainly like the idea of improving the state of affairs where
possible - especially the operator->device direction (i.e
fat-fingering acl, prefix list, community list, etc). When people make
mistakes, it seems very wise to accurately record the entrance
criteria, the results of their actions, and ways to avoid it - then
shared to all operators (like at NANOG meetings!). The part I don't
like is being ultimately responsible for, or to "design around" a
class of systemic problems which are entirely outside of an operators
sphere of control.

What curve must we shift to get routers with hardware and software
that's both a) fast b) reliable and c) cheap -- in the hopes that the
only problems left to solve indeed are human ones?

-Tk


jcdill.lists at gmail

Nov 8, 2009, 8:51 AM

Post #9 of 9 (615 views)
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Anton Kapela wrote:
> What curve must we shift to get routers with hardware and software
> that's both a) fast b) reliable and c) cheap -- in the hopes that the
> only problems left to solve indeed are human ones?

Fast, Reliable, Cheap - pick any two. No, you can't have all three.

The fastest(best) and most reliable *anything* can't be the cheapest one
because someone will quickly seize the market opportunity to make one
that is lower quality (slower) or less reliable and sell it for a lower
price.

jc

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