Recently Kura Human Factors’ MD, Peter Whitten visited Leading Edge Aviation to speak to their CEO Andy McFarlane about the COVID mitigations they have put in place to allow in person training to start again. Read more about our courses…
Flight Crew Support Programmes, Psychological Assessment and Policy to Cover Psychoactive Substances Number SN–2020/009Postponement of Commission Regulation (EU) No. 2018/1042 of 23 July 2018 amending Regulation (EU) No. 965/201 As a result of the COVID-19 crisis, the European Commission has…
One of Kura Human Factors’ roles is providing guidance and assurance on regulatory compliance regarding pilot support services. It is looking increasingly likely that, due to the unique situation caused by the Covid-19 outbreak, there will be an alleviation to…
We are pleased to announce our new to market Crew Resource Management Trainer course in collaboration with Ultimate High. It is a five day course that looks deeply into the factors influencing human performance, not only on the flight deck…
In this video Kura Human Factors’ MD, Peter Whitten interviews Christo Hudson, one of the authors of our article on coping with redundancy. Christo was recently made redundant, and here he speaks about what that experience was like, how he…
A recently published article in Resilient Aviation about Niven Phoenix, a founding member of Kura Human Factors, in which he discusses the importance of resilience as a process, and Peer Support Programs. Resilience This word is widely used in aviation…
The thoughts of two Kura Human Factors Supervising Peers, Laurie Ling and Christo Hudson. Laurie recently retired from flying commercially after a career spanning many of the ups and down our industry has seen over the past three decades. Christo…
An Aviation Professional’s Guide to Wellbeing A document our Registered Aviation and Occupational Psychologist, Marc Atherton recently contributed to as part of the Flight Safety Foundation. The aviation industry is founded on its numerous dedicated professional people. Safety performance is…
A Pilot’s Guide to Returning to Flying An article from our Clinical Aviation Psychologist, Paul Dickens. “Aviation is facing great uncertainty as the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic becomes apparent. However at some stage scheduled airlines will no doubt start…
We were sad to read the news today 5th Mar 2020 that Flybe has gone into administration. It was particularly distressing as many of the pilots at Flybe were graduates of Kura Aviation’s former Bestpilot™ programme. We have spoken with…