[SystemSafety] Miss vs Ms

[Gareth Lock]

Hugues,

 

The issue I can see would be when you have a smaller aircraft and therefore the impact of mass would be greater.

 

I agree that inter-personal differences would also contribute to this risk.

 

Regards

 

Gareth

 

From: systemsafety <systemsafety-bounces at lists.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de> on behalf of <hugues.bonnin at free.fr>
Date: Thursday, 8 April 2021 at 12:45
To: Dewi Daniels <dewi.daniels at software-safety.com>
Cc: The System Safety List <systemsafety at lists.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de>
Subject: Re: [SystemSafety] Miss vs Ms

 

hello

 

IMHO, I don't see how this difference could lead to serious problems, given that this consideration has only a meaning on average and not on the actual case. In fact there could be far more differences between two adults or between two childs than between an adult and a child.

 

regards,

 

Hugues

 

 

 

De: "Dewi Daniels" <dewi.daniels at software-safety.com>
À: "The System Safety List" <systemsafety at lists.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de>
Envoyé: Jeudi 8 Avril 2021 12:24:27
Objet: [SystemSafety] Miss vs Ms

There's an interesting incident reported in this month's AAIB Bulletin, The AAIB is the UK's AIr Accidents Investigation Branch.

 

https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/aaib-investigation-to-boeing-737-8k5-g-tawg-21-july-2020

 

It seems that a software update to the airline's reservation system assumed that any passenger checking in with the title "Miss" was a child. This resulted in a Boeing 737 taking off with 38 adult females misidentified as children. As a result, the aircraft weighed 1,244 kg more than was stated on the load sheet that was passed to the flight crew. The aircraft took off without incident, but the error could have resulted in a very serious accident.
Yours,

Dewi Daniels | Director | Software Safety Limited

Telephone +44 7968 837742 | Email dewi.daniels at software-safety.com

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