Its interesting you mention pilots, because of autopilot syndrome we had to change the flight route of pilots who flew regular daily flight routes to the same locations, usually every 3 months or so, to break their 'routine' repetitive regularity of the trip, to stop their brains switching off to repetitive tasks during the flight. Quite a few aircraft crashes have occurred due to pilots going on auto (not thinking) to regular tasks eg landing at the same airport where if they are used to landing at runway 1 but instructed to land at runway 2, that instruction is not acknowledged correctly and they land at runway one. , Black box recordings have demonstrated pilots incorrectly acknowledging Control Tower instructions that varied from their normal flight path daily patterns and routines
It can also happen with ground crew, who perform the same daily routine at the same time when servicing aircraft turnaround. At Liverpool Airport a ground crew member just drove into a rotating propeller on an aircraft that he normally serviced at the same location. same time everyday, but because slightly delayed still had an engine turning.
Last edited by JohnHarris; 10/01/25 01:16 PM.
