Human Factors in Aviation
Human Factors In Aviation
When we take into account that almost 70 percent of commercial aviation airplane accidents are found to be primarily caused by human error it is not surprising that the term “Human Factors” comes up constantly in the Aviation industry.
Human Factors studies the
relationship between people and their activities by systematically applying
human sciences, focusing in the aviation industry, Human Factors also takes
into account the how aviation personnel interact with themselves, their
equipment and environment.
Perhaps one of the most
vital team-based activity that is performed in aviation is found in flight
operations of large commercial airplanes that are certified to be flown multi-Crew,
besides a few exceptions almost every jet powered airplane is flown by a
minimum crew consisting of a Pilot and a Co Pilot or First Officer. It is in
these operations were a clear leadership and a healthy team work environment is
paramount to achieve efficient Crew Resource Management.
Crew Resource Management
is applied to minimized safety issues by incorporating concepts of team
management during flight operations focusing on crew communication, situation
awareness and decision making. Part 121 and 135 operators give initial Crew
resource management training during the Indoc period and also recurrent
training to keep their employees proficient to mitigate threats such as
compliance, not following SOP’s, hazardous attitudes and other human errors.
Reference
Federal Aviation Administration. (2022). Human
Factors in Aviation Safety (AVS) | Federal Aviation Administration.
Faa.gov. https://www.faa.gov/aircraft/air_cert/design_approvals/human_factors
FAA. (2005). FAA Human Factors Division |
Role of Human Factors in the FAA. Www.hf.faa.gov. https://www.hf.faa.gov/role.aspx
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