ABSTRACT
By nature a highly dynamic and intrinsically risky system, aviation has always manifested the need to consider human factors and ergonomics (HF/E) very seriously. First, it did this empirically, through trial-and-error, following intuitions, which naturally designated pilots or aircraft (and their designers and/or maintenance technicians) as primarily responsible for mishaps. It subsequently opened up to scientic rigor, and became the focus of much research. Over the past 30 years, the global footprint of aviation has facilitated rapid adoption and dissemination of quality HF/E rules and principles. Aviation remains relatively open to new ideas and is often venerated by other domains with regard to safety management matters. It is today a very demanding arena for HF/E practitioners, who are faced with high-level requests from demanding, experienced, and knowledgeable clients. This chapter attempts to reect the authors’ diverse experience with regard to issues of HF/E practice in
Practitioner Summary ............................................................................................203 Introduction ............................................................................................................204 Personnel Selection ................................................................................................205 HF/E Practice in Aviation Training ........................................................................205 HF/E Practice in Design and Certication .............................................................207 HF/E Practice in Aviation Safety Management .....................................................209 HF/E Practice in Aviation Safety Occurrence Investigation .................................. 212 Conclusion ............................................................................................................. 215 References .............................................................................................................. 216
aviation personnel selection, aviation training, equipment design and certication, aviation safety management, and aviation safety occurrence investigation.
