• BUSINESS & COMMERCIAL AVIATION CONSULTING

• AVIATION SAFETY AUDITS & RISK MANAGEMENT

• AVIATION SAFETY TRAINING

• AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION & RECONSTRUCTION

• SELECTED AVIATION MISHAP CASES

• AIRCRAFT CASUALTY ADJUSTING

• AIRCRAFT APPRAISAL SERVICE

• LITIGATION SUPPORT

HUMAN FACTORS IN AVIATION ACCIDENT PREVENTION

Human factors in aviation are the study of human physiology and psychology as it relates to the interaction of people with each other and machines in an abnormal environment: flight. Human factors are important aspects of aviation mishap prevention. Aircraft operators depend on the human beings who must learn, operate, and maintain extremely complicated aviation systems. Many present flight and avionics systems are limited by the human factors of the people that man them. With more complete knowledge of human factors in aviation, supervisors and flight safety personnel can have a greater insight into aircraft mishap prevention.

Probably no area demonstrates more clearly the interdependence of human beings on each other and with machines as does modern flight. Human beings frequently fail as functional system components. Human error is the major causal factor in a aircraft mishap when the flight crews performance deviates from that required by the operational situation. Human error is the reason for approximately 80 percent of all aviation mishaps.

This two day course is designed to provide aviation safety program managers, line supervisors, chief, instructor, and check pilots, or aircraft operators with an in depth knowledge of human factors as they apply to flight and aviation mishap prevention.

TWO-DAY COURSE SYLLABUS

Day One

• Welcome to Program and Orientation
• What is a Human Being?
• Learning, Memory and Intelligence
• Principles of Human Learning
• Memory
• Intelligence
• Motivation
• Motivational Problems in Aviation
• Conflicting Motives
• Motivation and Aviation Safety
• Emotion
• Causes of Emotional Stress
• Stress Reactions and Symptoms
• Hazards from Emotional Stress Reactions
• Dealing with Emotional Stress
• Psychomotor Skill
• Psychomotor Skills in Flight
• Psychomotor Degradation
• Psychomotor Failure in Accident Contribution
• Psychomotor Tasks in Flight
• Psychomotor Skill and Aviation Safety

Day Two

• Noise and Vibration
• Sound
• Effects of Noise
• Speech Communication Interference
• Vibratory Characteristics
• Aircraft Associated Vibrations
• Thermal Stress
• Hyperthermic Stress
• Hypothermic Stress
• Respiration and Circulation
• Divisions of the Atmosphere
• Hypoxia
• Hyperventilation
• Nutrition
• Food Stress
• Care and Feeding of Aircrews
• Illness
• Aviation Toxicology
• Drugs and Alcohol
• Carbon Monoxide
• Toxic Gases
• Nitrogen Oxides
• Aviation Fuels, Additives, and Vapors
• Engine Lubricants
• Fire Extinguishing Agents
• Fluorocarbon Plastics
• Oxygen Contamination