Review by Steve Bentley CEO of Sofema Group www.sassofia.com Aviation Human Factors Introduction As an Industry, we have recognised the need to address the potential of human factors adversely affecting the desired outcomes. Why we have recognised the need to address human factors? The aviation industry recognises Human Factors as a serious “threat” to our…

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…

Introduction It is considered that Errors and violations together form the unreliable part of our human performance. Moreover, that 70-90 percent of current aviation incidents & accidents are due to in some part to “human factors.” Errors and violations contribute to accidents both directly and by making the consequences of other problems more serious. An…

Firstly to understand that Aviation Quality Auditing is focused on Compliance and the SMS is focused on Risk. Maintenance Human Factors concerns all the various issues which may have an impact on how people perform required tasks. Now to consider that each area is connected, means they are not independent from each other and that…