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From NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System
Issue 376
May 2011
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The Fixation Factor
The ability to maintain the "big picture" while completing individual, discrete tasks is one of the most critical aspects of working in the aviation environment. Preoccupation with one particular task can degrade the ability to detect other important information.
This month's CALLBACK looks at examples of how fixation adversely affects overall task management.
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