A Chat With Flight Safety Specialist Adam Johns Part 1

In a two part conversation, Colin talks to flight safety expert, Adam Johns, who with over a decade of experience in commercial aviation industry, has marked himself out as one of the world’s foremost specialists in people safety. In this first part, Adam talks about the effects of lockdown upon the aviation industry, how to ensure that skills are not eroded over time, and how appearing as a safety coach my prove far more effective to your workforce. KEY TAKEAWAYS Lockdown has seen some airlines reduced to around 10% of their normal operations. It will take perhaps 3 to 4 years for the industry to fully recover. To prevent skill-erosion, it’s important that airlines endeavour to keep training their staff. Simulators are still used today, and are still effective. There is a large disconnect between the way we think things are being done, and the way they are actually being done. We need to give people credit, but also try to measure more effectively. By acting more in a coach/facilitator capacity, we grant autonomy and encourage others to improve safety and quality. BEST MOMENTS ‘It’s aerospace engineering for people who didn’t want to do so much maths!’ ‘Making sure that planes stay in the sky, but making sure that the people who work on them are safe as well’ ’There might have to be a bit of a revolution in how pilot training takes place’ ‘Our job is to bring new ideas into organisations' VALUABLE RESOURCES The Interesting Health & Safety Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/vn/podcast/the-interesting-health-safety-podcast/id1467771449   Adam Johns LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjohns730/ Adam Johns at Safety Differently - https://safetydifferently.com/contributors/ ABOUT THE HOST Colin Nottage ‘Making health and safety as important as everything else we do.’ This is the belief that Colin is passionate about and through his consultancy Influential Management Group (IMG) is able to spread into industry. Colin works at a strategic level with company owners and board members. He helps business leaders establish and achieve their health and safety ambitions. He has developed a number of leading competency improvement programmes that are delivered across industry and his strengths are his ability to take a practical approach to problem-solving and being able to liaise at all levels within an organisation. Colin also runs a company that vets contractors online and a network that develops and support H&S consultancies to become better businesses. Colin chairs the Construction Dust Partnership, an industry collaboration directly involving many organisations, including the Health and Safety Executive. He is a Post Graduate Tutor at Strathclyde University and a highly sought-after health and safety speaker and trainer. He has a Post Graduate Certificate in Safety and Risk management, an engineering degree and is a Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).