ABSTRACT
The tactical application of human factors (HF) in a military aviation context presents practitioners with an array of challenges and opportunities to enhance operational effectiveness and safety outcomes. Military commanders require pragmatic, culturally appropriate, and solution-focused support that is both on time and on target. Importantly, HF support that is either off time or off target more often than not misses the opportunity to inuence command decision-making and inform action. Success as an HF practitioner requires more than competence. It stems from the capacity to build trust and a working alliance with commanders that is based on mutual respect, frank and forthright dialogue, compromise, and a client-centered agenda that recognizes the commander and the commander’s team as the experts who hold the keys to any solution.
