Accidents are an inevitable element of the air carriage industry; however, a good number of these could have been avoided given proper human resource management efforts. The task of these specialists is to recruit, to train, and to evaluate industry employees like pilots. Instead, they often overlook health issues and psychological disorders leaving the wellbeing and lives of passengers exposed to mortal threat. Owing to HR specialists’ miscalculations, pilots with insufficient qualification, those willing to ignore the guidelines of dispatchers and act carelessly received their coveted positions. The liberalization of workplace regulations did the industry an ill favor allowing individuals with minor psychological disorder and those on pills to execute their duties. Questionable HRM decisions enabled more pilots suffering from severe mental breakdowns to commit suicide-murders costing the lives of thousands of passengers and crewmembers.
Keywords: aircraft, crash, pilot, regulation, HRM, air, carriage
