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Cushing, Steven was born on June 25, 1948 in Brookline, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Alfred Edward and Evelyn (Kaufman) Cushing.
( On March 27, 1977, 583 people died when KLM and Pan Am ...)
On March 27, 1977, 583 people died when KLM and Pan Am 747s collided on a crowded, foggy runway in Tenerife, the Canary Islands. The cause, a miscommunication between the pilot and the air traffic controller. The pilot radioed, "We are now at takeoff," meaning that the plane was lifting off, but the tower controller misunderstood and thought the plane was waiting on the runway. In Fatal Words, Steven Cushing explains how miscommunication has led to dozens of aircraft disasters, and he proposes innovative solutions for preventing them. He examines ambiguities in language when aviation jargon and colloquial English are mixed, when a word is used that has different meanings, and when different words are used that sound alike. To remedy these problems, Cushing proposes a visual communication system and a computerized voice mechanism to help clear up confusing language. Fatal Words is an accessible explanation of some of the most notorious aircraft tragedies of our time, and it will appeal to scholars in communications, linguistics, and cognitive science, to aviation experts, and to general readers.
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Cushing, Steven was born on June 25, 1948 in Brookline, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Alfred Edward and Evelyn (Kaufman) Cushing.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970. Master of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1976.
Research assistant Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967-1970, University of California at Los Angeles, 1973-1974. Instructor University Massachusetts, Boston, 1974-1975, Roxbury Community College, Boston, 1975-1977. Research staff Higher Order Software Inc., Cambridge, 1976-1982.
Research associate Rockefeller University, New York City, 1979. From master lecturer to associate professor Boston University, 1986-1994. Research fellow National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California, 1987-1988, Stanford University, Palo Alto, 1987-1988, National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, 1989.
Assistant professor St. Anselm College, Manchester, New Hampshire, 1983-1985, Stonehill College, North Easton, Massachusetts, 1985-1989. Adjunct professor Union Institute Graduate School, Cincinnati, since 1994. Lecturer Boston University, since 2002, Northeastern University, Boston, 2003.
Instructor Massachusetts School Law, 2002. Teacher Hingham High School, Massachusetts, 2003—2005, Belmont Hill School, 2004—2008, Advanced Mathematics and Science Academy, Marlborough, 2005—2007, department head, 2006—2007, Blue Hills Regional Technology School, Norwood, 2007—2008. Senior instructor Cambridge College, since 2008.
Editor Pearson Educational Publications, 2008-2009. Faculty member, Assisi Institute Brattleboro, since 2009, member board editorial commentators The Behavioral and Brain Sciences, since 1978. Chairman software design International Conference Systems Sciences, Honolulu, 1978.
Member 1st foreign delegate Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences, 1989. Session chairman session on international communications International Pragmatics Conference, Kobe, Japan, 1993. Invited speaker International Conference Maritime Education and Training, Rijeka, Croatia, 1999.
( On March 27, 1977, 583 people died when KLM and Pan Am ...)
( On March 27, 1977, 583 people died when KLM and Pan Am ...)
Member national executive county National Ethical Youth Organisation, 1965-1966. Violist Cambridge (Massachusetts) Symphony Orchestra. Fiddler Boston Scottish Fiddle Club, Strathspey and Reel Society N.H. Member New York Academy Sciences, Linguistic Society American, American Association for Applied Linguistics, International Council Psychologists (professional affiliate), Association forComputers and Humanities, Cognitive Science Society, International Cognitive Linguistics Association, Association Computational Linguistics, International Pragmatics Association.