This seminal study by Dismukes and Berman (2010) from NASA looks at the role of checklists and monitoring as two essential defences against equipment failures
This award-winning paper examined details from over 2000 incident reports from commercial airlines. The premise of the paper is that we could be doing more
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
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
Are lengthy, outdated flightdeck briefings really contributing to aviation safety? Captain RICH LOUDON*, Alaska Airlines and Captain DAVID MORIARTY, RAeS HF Group (Flight Operations and Training) take a
James Reason, Professor Emeritus, University of Manchester, set out 12 systemic human factors centric principles of error management in his book Managing Maintenance Error: A Practical Guide (co-written with Alan
Ben Hutchinson discusses a paper analysing 95 serious incidents in naval aviation using the HFACS model. Error types are viewed as symptoms of deeper trouble