Sofema Aviation Services (www.sassofia.com) considers the HFACS Framework. Introduction Spurred by increasing problems with human performance, the Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS) was developed by behavioural scientists in the United States Navy. Messer’s Wiegmann and Shappell referenced James Reasons Swiss-cheese model of accident causation. The goal of HFACS is not to attribute blame,…

Sofema Aviation Services takes a look at the opportunity to develop your own EASA Part 145 Compliant Human Factors In-Company training. Human Error is a pervasive and ever-present exposure and the reality is that almost all, of these accidents, are preventable. For many years Human Factors (HF) training has served as an effective countermeasure against…

As the technical complexity of aircraft has developed over the last 100 years the nature of interaction with people associated with the maintenance of aircraft began to matter more & more and in fact today human factors is relevant in just about every aspect and element of the maintenance system. The use of the term…

To share that empirical evidence has shown that under normal conditions, we can make between three to seven errors per hour. Under stressful, emergency, or unusual conditions, we can make an average of 11 errors per hour. Whilst Human Error is an inevitable consequence of our human engagement with the aviation system or various business…