Call for protest of ABC's slamming of interaction research

[Thomas Bloor]

Bill
Well said. Could you please provide reference details for the cockpit
research?
Tom



On 06/04/02 William Mann emailed;

>This episode reminds me of other interaction research with a very strong
>outcome.
>
>In the 1980s there were studies of the cockpit interactions that immediately
>preceded airline crashes.  Charlotte Linde and others found that there were
>avoidable practices that had been instrumental in producing some of the
>crashes.
>
>The FAA took note, pilot training was upgraded, and it is very likely that
>some of us are alive because of it.
>
>Here, of course, the "pilots"  are flying nations rather than planes.
>
>Rest well.
>
>Bill Mann
>
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Thomas Bloor
Honorary Fellow
Language Studies Unit
Aston University
Birmingham, UK
B4 7ET