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What does it mean to be resilient? In aviation, resilience is often described as the system’s ability to anticipate, adapt, and recover from disruption without losing safety or performance. In maritime settings, resilience can mean navigating storms, mechanical failures, or human fatigue while still keeping course and protecting lives.

We wonder: How do we actually measure resilience? Is it seen in accident statistics, in crew adaptability, or in the quiet stories of people who face uncertainty every day? Scholars like Hollnagel and Woods suggest resilience is not just about bouncing back, but about sustaining the ability to adapt under pressure.

The Oceans & Skies Project is our way of exploring these questions through lived experience and research. By drawing from aviation and maritime practice, we connect frontline realities with academic insights — sharing stories that ask not only how resilience is defined, but how it feels, how it is built, and how it matters in high-risk environments.