Human Factors and Mishaps
explanatory Essay
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Human factors are being considered to mitigate identified hazards that happen within the airline industry. No one throughout the aviation industry has dismissed the human factor as an issue in regards to hazards in flight. Human error accounts for a significant amount of problems found in flights and landings around the globe. While there are various ways that humans have helped with the safety of a flight, they can also negatively impact simply because of lack of knowledge.
Many organizations have failed to factor in human knowledge is this very basic aspect to flying a plane. This can effect the safety of a flight dramatically simply because of knowing how to handle the equipment that they have been put in front of. Human knowledge is one of the greatest factors of them all. A person is inherently able to pick up on social behavior and learn between right and wrong. Much of what a person learns is taught to them by the age of five. From there, a person attends school and various training programs to learn about specific topics in order to gain knowledge. This will allow a person to continue throughout life in an educated manner.
Flying a plane is not something that anyone can learn simply by reading a book. There are countless types of planes that a pilot can fly and training is required on each one. While a pilot who knows how to fly a Cessna 152 could flight a Boeing 757, they would be able do so safely without additional flight training because of the various differences in equipment, the controls, and the overall handling of the aircraft.
These controls are already in place to take into consideration the human factor of knowledge for mitigating hazards that can take place throughout the industry. However, it is the technolog...
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In this essay, the author
- Explains that human factors are being considered to mitigate identified hazards within the airline industry. human error accounts for a significant amount of problems found in flights and landings around the globe.
- Explains that many organizations have failed to factor in human knowledge in flying a plane. human knowledge is one of the greatest factors of them all.
- Explains that flying a plane isn't something that anyone can learn by reading books. there are countless types of planes that pilots can fly and training is required on each one.
- Opines that the technology that is changing is cause for concern as it relates to the pilot's knowledge.
- Explains that boeing states that human error, rather than mechanical failure, is the underlying cause for most accidents and incidents throughout the year.
- Explains that the icao has formed a task force to provide training on the higher skills that include leadership and analysis techniques beyond what they deem as the "fundamental skills."
- Describes how major douglas witmer of the argentine’s 4th brigade was flying his at-63 pampa ii at a school of aviation in august of 2012. he was presented with the "2013 koren kolligian jr. trophy"
- Explains that the faa has begun employing human factor specialists to reduce the occurrence and impact of human error in all aspects of design, operations, procedures, pilot performance, and policy.
- Explains that the aircraft owners and pilots association has adjusted their guidelines for how pilots are trained on the various complex aircraft systems that are entering the market today.
- Argues that pilots who logged time prior to 1997 are not exposed to the same level of technology that is presented to them in today's aircraft.
- Explains that boeing has begun employing human factor specialists just as the faa has in order to address the safety and designs of the aircraft. errors occur when a problem is not perceived and then they fail to correct the error in time.
- Explains that human factor specialists have focused on not just the flight deck design, but also visual perception, ergonomics, and cognitive psychology to factor in as much of the human experience as possible.
- Opines that the aviation industry is aware of human factors and has been working with specialists in this area since the 1960s.
- Cites aircraft owners and pilots association's website, aopa.org, and air force news service.
- Describes the faa's human factors in aviation safety policy and the icao welcomes the new tiaca.
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