Speaker Bio:

Tahlia Fisher is the Senior Advisor Human Factors for the Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC). Her role encompasses aviation, rail, and marine transport, with the primary responsibility of providing human factors expertise and analysis to support the Commission in determining the circumstances and causes of transport accidents. Previous to this, Tahlia was employed as a Senior Safety Specialist at Air New Zealand for 15 years. Over this time, she led numerous flight safety investigations and contributed to the ongoing development and promotion of the airline’s safety management system.

Tahlia graduated in 2001 from Massey University with a Batchelor of Aviation and worked as a flying instructor before pursuing a career as a safety investigator. Her particular area of interest is organisational and social psychology, and in 2016 Tahlia completed her doctoral thesis which explored communication barriers between airline pilots and maintenance engineers.

Fun fact: Tahlia was presented the best paper at the HFENZ conference!

Speaker: Tahlia Fisher
When: 30 April 7:00pm (NZ) / 4:00pm (AEST)
Where: Via Zoom
Cost: members – free; non-members – $30 (Note: HFESNZ Members, please register under the HFESNZ option and email secretariat@ergonoimcs.org.au your member number)