are easy to complete without giving them much thought and lend themselves to complacency. Where there is complacency, the risk of error is elevated.
• Distraction • When outside influences are allowed to impact a critical or important task/operation. Our daily roles have many critical safety tasks/operations that, if interrupted, can have negative safety consequences. Smart phones, inquisitive people, working environments, etc., can all contribute to distractions.
• Fitness for duty • This is how our personal physical condition impacts our performance. Conditions include health, medication, use of drugs or alcohol, sleep deprivation, work stress, personal stress, mental health, circadian rhythm, etc.
You may be asking what this all has to do with professionalism in aviation. Back to the definition — “Professionalism in aviation is the pursuit of excellence through discipline, ethical behavior and continuous improvement.” The premise is that a disciplined focus on the attributes and behaviors defined in this professionalism initiative creates a safer environment as a natural byproduct. In his book “Going Pro; The Deliberate Practice of Professionalism,” Dr. Tony Kern introduces the concept of Level III Professionalism which is focused on six domains of professionalism:
• Vocational excellence • Professional ethics • Continuous improvement • Professional engagement • Professional image • Selflessness
I will not do it justice to try and explain each domain within the confines of this article. However, the concepts are solid, backed by years of research which prove that a deliberate focus on professional behaviors will yield a much safer environment than one where this focus does not exist. I encourage you to read the book and embody the principles and practices that are so eloquently delivered. The “deliberate practice of professionalism” will change your life and have a positive impact on those around you. The NBAA Safety Committee
Professionalism Working Group is dedicated to promoting professionalism and providing useful tools and resources to support professional behaviors throughout
business aviation. To that end, in October 2014 we launched the “Professionalism in Aviation” page within the safety section of the NBAA Web site (
www.nbaa.org/ professionalism). Over the past year our focus has
turned to improving the Web page and defining ways to get our peers in the industry engaged and focused on professional behaviors. In discussing engagement and motivation with behavioral scientist Dr. Shari Frisinger, she shared that people will engage an initiative such as this for one of two reasons: one, there are significant negative consequences for not engaging, or two, there is a significant benefit or value perceived from engagement.
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