This series of blog posts by Dr Steven Shorrock explains different ‘kinds’ of human factors, as understood both within and outside the discipline and profession of human factors and ergonomics itself.
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Dr Steven Shorrock, a Chartered Ergonomist and Human Factors Specialist with the CIEHF and a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society currently works as a human factors and safety specialist in European aviation. Here, Shorrock discusses how the concept of Just Culture fits with the updated perspectives of Safety II in error management. Source: […]
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This infographic about Human Factors and Ergonomics from the UK Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (2018) helps to explore different kinds of Human Factors.
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Serious incident report into circumstances behind Transmission of incorrect altimeter setting (QNH) by air traffic service, and near-collision with ground during satellite approach procedure with barometric vertical guidance. Source: BEA French Safety Agency For the full report (in English) follow this LINK Synopsis: The crew of the Airbus A320 registered 9H-EMU were carrying out scheduled […]
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This video case study examines the near CFIT of an A320 (9H-EMU) on approach to Paris Charles de Gaulle airport on 23 May 2022 where the aircraft descended to a height of 6 feet in IMC a mile out from the runway after being given an incorrect QNH by ATC. The case study looks at all the circumstances, including the ATC perspective.
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An episode of Bruce Webb’s (Airbus) Push to Talk podcast series aviation psychologist Eleonora Avi joins him to discuss how and why she got into the field. Source: Push to Talk with Bruce Webb Eleonora is an aviation psychologist based in Italy. The same year she earned her degree in psychology, her mother was rescued […]
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This highly recommended guide is a standardisation tool, developed by the UK Flight Crew Human Factors Advisory Panel (FCHF), to help National Aviation Authority Inspectors, Management, Auditors and Examiners and Trainers in understanding or evaluating CRM Programmes or individual Crew Members. Source: UK CAA Flight Crew Human Factors Advisory Panel. A practical tool with uses […]
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Source: Chartered Institute for Ergonomics and Human Factors This white paper from the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors explores human factors in incident prevention and management. Find out how organisations can gain a human factors perspective to investigating and learning from adverse events. Learn the key principles organisations can apply to capture the […]
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Annemarie Landman’s 2019 work on startle and surprise in the cockpit established her as a leading theorist in the field and has helped to forge applied techniques to manage startle effect in the cockpit. The full paper is available for free download through the TNO repository. Follow the link. After several recent flight safety events, […]
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Source: AirMed&rescue Magazine Alex Pollitt explores the dramatic demand for automation in the cockpit, and how it has both alleviated pilot workload and exposed our limited understanding of the human factor at the center of it all. Automation reduces workload, frees attentional resources to focus on other tasks, and is capable of flying the aircraft […]
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