Why Discussing Safety Needs to Include Human Factors? Looking back at the history of aviation safety, the 1970s marked a pivotal moment. Previously, the belief was that “mechanical explanations accounted …
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Aviation Human Factors
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As discussed in Human Factors and Unsafe Actions, in the aviation industry, approximately 40% of errors are classified as skill-based errors. Skill-based errors occur when a complete procedure or checklist …
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In the discussion on Human Factors and Unsafe Behaviors, we have already covered slip errors due to attentional lapse and memory lapses. Next, we will discuss an important category of …