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Serious question: Can we design a test for “getthereitis”? Most often, people would pass the test, but then misjudge and, in the case of Christmas, hurry up to “get there” (hence the name) and underestimate a risk. Ability is 10/10 but judgement is 2/10, and it is hard to verify that their mindset is calm.

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Sounds difficult to test for. Thinking about a Pilot I think there would be data points you could measure on the job that predict likelihood of making a bad judgement. For example heart rate variability, cortisol levels, skin moisture.

I think the better solution is to abstract out the judgement into a formula that the pilot must follow, so not courting "gethereitis"

If you're comparing factories to pilots, be aware that factories have a much lower standard of execution for grand ideas.

At least pilots mostly actually do their paperwork and checklists, even if they sometimes fall prey to things like neglecting to land their helicopter when they end up in IFR conditions while, say, transporting Kobe to a game.

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