Human Factors In Aviation Flashcards
What did the Chicago convention bring about?
Standardisation of training
&
Ergonomics of cockpits
The aviation industry is has what culture?
The aviation industry is an open culture
What 5 factors make James Reason’s SAFETY CULTURE?
6th bonus factor..
FIJ RL Flexible Culture Informed Culture Just Culture Reporting Culture Learning Culture
National Culture
What is the average accident rate per million flights?
1.2 accidents per million flights
What % of Airline accidents are attributed to human error?
73% humans are fallible to errors and mistakes
What makes up the other (not attributable to human error) % of Airline accidents?
11% Mechanical failure
11% ATC
5% Weather
What are the 5 most common causes of pilot induced accidents?
(Human error causes)
- Loss of directional control
- controlled flight into terrain (caused intro of GPWS in 1980’s) - Poor Judgement
- Air speed not being maintained
- Poor pre-flight planning
- Not maintaining ground clearance
What are the most dangerous phases of flight?
- Approach!!
- Landing
- T/O
- Descent
What is the error chain?
Errors mount to produce accidents. (Swiss cheese model James reason) all holes (errors) align accident will happen.
What are the 3 components of Threat and Error Management (TEM) ?
Threat
Errors
Undesirable Air State
Where does threat come from?
Outside, beyond the influence of crew, external factors.
What is a latent threat?
Hidden threat e.g incorrectly input lay and long from engineers
Name three environmental threats?
Weather
ATC
Terrain
Name 2 operational threats.
Operational pressure
A/C design
What are the 3 types of threat?
LEO
Latent
Environmental
Organisational
