Beyond Aviation Human Factors - 9781138424784

Name: Beyond Aviation Human Factors - 9781138424784
Brand: CRC Press

CRC Press

Traditional accident prevention strategies focus almost exclusively on the actions of front-line aviation personnel. This text argues for a broadened approach, which considers the influence of all organizations involved in aviation operations, in addition to individual human performance. > The authors believe that a systematic organizational approach to aviation safety must replace the piecemeal approaches largely favoured in the past, but this change needs to be preceded by information to explain why a new approach is necessary. Accident records show a flattening of the safety curve since the early Seventies: instead of new kinds of accident, similar safety deficiencies have become recurrent features in accident reports. This suggests the need to review traditional accident prevention strategies, focused almost exclusively on the action or inaction\u2018s of front-line operational personnel.\nThe organizational model proposed by the authors is one alternative means to pursue sa.