Complacency as Element Influencing Ship Accidents

U radu se analizira i definira utjecaj pojma complacency kao jednog od čimbenika nastanka pomorskih nezgoda. U tom smislu, pogreška članova posade kao osnovni uzrok pri nastanku suvremenih pomorskih nezgoda nastoji se jasnije odrediti i upotpuniti razmatrajući značenje i definiranje utjecajnog područja spomenutog pojma. Utjecajno područje obuhvaća domenu: vanjske i unutarnje komunikacije, načina upravljanja brodom, utjecaja osobnih stavova i utjecaja aktualne tehnologije primijenjene na brod. Osim određenja utjecaja pojma u radu se navode i mogućnosti sprječavanja takva utjecaja.The concept of Complacency as one of the factors leading to maritime casualties is defined and analysed in this paper. In that sense, this is an attempt to clearly define and contribute to a complete definition of human error, which is the main cause of most recent maritime casualties, by the meaning and determination of the influential area of the concept mentioned above. The influential area comprises the domains of external and internal communications, style of ship managing, influence of personal attitudes as well as influence of contemporary technology applied to ships. Not only does the paper attempt to determine the influence of the concept but it also offers possibilities of avoiding such an influence