Amy Edmondson
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344 appearances
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first heard Aug 2026
last heard 3 Aug
Amy Edmondson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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It was a small...
moment of inattention, looking away, not paying attention, just being overly casual when in a sense I'm operating dangerous machinery.
That's exactly right.
Anytime you hear yourself or someone else saying, oh, I can do this in my sleep, watch out.
You can't.
So it was a freezing cold January morning in Washington, D.C., and Air Florida Flight 90 was headed for Fort Lauderdale, back home, I guess.
And unfortunately, they crashed into the Potomac River.
Why did that happen?
Well, it turns out, yes, they used the checklist.
And most of our listeners are probably aware that the checklist includes the item anti-ICE.
When the first officer said, as part of the checklist, anti-ICE...
The captain said, habitually, off.
It's Air Florida.
I think most of their flights would not be using the anti-ice machinery.
The first officer went on to the next item on the checklist.
That was a tiny but crucial and catastrophic mistake that led to this terrible failure.
That's exactly right.
You wanted to de-ice the wings and take the time that is required to do that to have a safe takeoff.
Well, she has a wonderful way of leading her very thriving laboratory.
She tells her students and young scientists, we're going to fail all day.
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