FACE: fear of loss of face and the five hazardous attitudes concept.

An aspect of human personality, fear of loss of face, has attracted only minimal experimental investigation, despite the widespread recognition of the condition and its potentially adverse effects on behavior. A survey of the available literature shows fear of loss of face to be an important aspect of pilot decision making. This article considers the phenomenon in more detail and recommends an amendment to the 5 hazardous attitudes concept developed at the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Diehl, 1990). At the same time, recognition of the contribution of Telfer (1987, 1989) is also made, with a recommendation to incorporate Telfer's proposal to improve the concept.