By Florin Necula, PhD | Accountable Manager & Licensed Aircraft Engineer Sep 13th, 2026 We trust numbers in aviation and usually for good reason. We need accurate calculations to operate aircraft and reliable data to understand recurring problems. But I wonder whether that trust sometimes extends too far when we assess people, organisations and operational

Why access to a procedure should not be mistaken for training, learning or competence By Florin Necula, PhD | Accountable Manager & Licensed Aircraft Engineer Aug 18th, 2026 A signature proves that a document reached a person. It does not prove what that person can do afterwards. One hundred pages of procedures. Personnel asked to

By Florin Necula, PhD | Accountable Manager & Licensed Aircraft Engineer Jul 29th, 2026 Every occurrence has a history. That does not mean it has one final, fully discoverable cause. 1. There Must Be a Cause Following an aviation occurrence, one question inevitably arises: What was the root cause? The question appears objective and scientific.