Brace for Impact: What Airline Pilots Can Teach CPAs

Published on06 March 2024

✈️🔍 Would you board a plane if you knew your pilot hadn’t slept? I sure wouldn’t. Remember Capt. Sully Sullenberger and the Miracle on the Hudson? Imagine if he wasn’t fit for duty that day! We can learn a lot from the airline industry. Every day, tired auditors, working 100-hour weeks, compromise the safety of their clients and stakeholders. 🎥 Watch the latest episode of Qualified Opinions as I cover the excessive workloads of auditors and the troubling impact on audit quality.

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