Patrick Boyd

And the idea is that when you learn how to fly, you're flying alone, and then when you start to become an airline pilot, you're now in this situation where you have to cooperate. And as I said, the flight crew is more than the sum of its parts. You have to learn how to deal with this other person and work cooperatively, share the information that you need to share, listen, speak, all that.

And the idea is that when you learn how to fly, you're flying alone, and then when you start to become an airline pilot, you're now in this situation where you have to cooperate. And as I said, the flight crew is more than the sum of its parts. You have to learn how to deal with this other person and work cooperatively, share the information that you need to share, listen, speak, all that.

And so they have a whole course that's devoted just to that and involves a lot of simulator time. So they're pretty much doing, you could argue, exactly what Nathan's proposing. There was a study that one of these researchers did where they asked, they did a survey of pilots, and they asked them, like, how do you feel about... improving your communication skills.

And so they have a whole course that's devoted just to that and involves a lot of simulator time. So they're pretty much doing, you could argue, exactly what Nathan's proposing. There was a study that one of these researchers did where they asked, they did a survey of pilots, and they asked them, like, how do you feel about... improving your communication skills.

And so they have a whole course that's devoted just to that and involves a lot of simulator time. So they're pretty much doing, you could argue, exactly what Nathan's proposing. There was a study that one of these researchers did where they asked, they did a survey of pilots, and they asked them, like, how do you feel about... improving your communication skills.

And a lot of pilots were like, that sounds like girl stuff.

And a lot of pilots were like, that sounds like girl stuff.

And a lot of pilots were like, that sounds like girl stuff.

Yeah. although I'm not a very serious pilot myself, I haven't dedicated my life to it the way that a professional pilot has, but I do spend a fair bit of time amongst pilots. And I do think that there is a pilot culture. I think that pilots have a certain kind of character to them. And I think that there's a reason for that. You are doing a life or death thing.

Yeah. although I'm not a very serious pilot myself, I haven't dedicated my life to it the way that a professional pilot has, but I do spend a fair bit of time amongst pilots. And I do think that there is a pilot culture. I think that pilots have a certain kind of character to them. And I think that there's a reason for that. You are doing a life or death thing.

Yeah. although I'm not a very serious pilot myself, I haven't dedicated my life to it the way that a professional pilot has, but I do spend a fair bit of time amongst pilots. And I do think that there is a pilot culture. I think that pilots have a certain kind of character to them. And I think that there's a reason for that. You are doing a life or death thing.

You have to have your ducks in a row. You have to fundamentally take it seriously, or you're not going to be around very long. And so pilots have a certain kind of no-nonsense attitude. But there is something, I think, really smart about recognizing that humility, for instance.

You have to have your ducks in a row. You have to fundamentally take it seriously, or you're not going to be around very long. And so pilots have a certain kind of no-nonsense attitude. But there is something, I think, really smart about recognizing that humility, for instance.

You have to have your ducks in a row. You have to fundamentally take it seriously, or you're not going to be around very long. And so pilots have a certain kind of no-nonsense attitude. But there is something, I think, really smart about recognizing that humility, for instance.

I mean, I think humility is an important concept both for doctors in the surgical suite and for pilots and captains in the cockpit.

I mean, I think humility is an important concept both for doctors in the surgical suite and for pilots and captains in the cockpit.

I mean, I think humility is an important concept both for doctors in the surgical suite and for pilots and captains in the cockpit.

But I think there's a major caveat to that, which is that we do not live in normal times. There's an old saying, regulations are written in blood. One of the major drivers of regulatory change in aviation has been plane crashes, people dying. And so a lot of the rules that you see in that rule book are there because at least one person died.

But I think there's a major caveat to that, which is that we do not live in normal times. There's an old saying, regulations are written in blood. One of the major drivers of regulatory change in aviation has been plane crashes, people dying. And so a lot of the rules that you see in that rule book are there because at least one person died.

But I think there's a major caveat to that, which is that we do not live in normal times. There's an old saying, regulations are written in blood. One of the major drivers of regulatory change in aviation has been plane crashes, people dying. And so a lot of the rules that you see in that rule book are there because at least one person died.