Comments on: Leaders: face the brutal facts!

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By: Oliver Nyumbu

Oliver Nyumbu — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:15:39 +0000

Steve makes some important points in his blog entry about facing brutal facts. A graphic and illustrative example of the potentially disastrous effect of having an organisation culture which dissuades grappling with so called ‘brutal facts’ is a phenomenon called the Atlantic Baron Syndrom. This is a situation where co-pilots are so overwhelmed by Bombastic Captains that they will sit on their hands and even allow the Aircraft to crash and be killed, rather than say anything. Consider for instance, what happened at 16:11GMT on Sunday, 18 June 1972 when, less than three minutes into its flight from Heathrow, flight British European Airways Flight 548 (BE548) crashed near Staines (U.K.). All 118 persons on board died. Allegedly, Captain Stan Keys moved the wrong lever against procedures without being challenged. Was this a question of not facing brutal facts? The investigating British Airways Air Safety Committee certainly felt this was a case of having over-powering or dominant senior members or officers. I think Steve is right.