ABSTRACT
Aviation maintenance errors account for between 12% and 15% of the global commercial aviation accidents initiators (Patankar & Taylor 2004a). These figures increase dramatically when serious incidents are included; these may develop into accidents. This situation requires a wider global use of aviation maintenance safety improvement activities. It is also accepted that maintenance, being a highly error – vulnerable activity, attracts a large proportion of human factors (HF’s) problems in aviation. In fact, a significant contribution of the technical causes of aviation accidents is further related to human factors in various levels within the maintenance organization (Gramopadhye & Drury 2000).
