After the cost of Fuel the Maintenance of Aircraft is one of the most significant costs an organization must bear. Often the attention to detail which may contribute to saving within the organization is absent. A simple Measure of the Effectiveness of the Aircraft will relate to the safety and serviceability of the aircraft, the…

a) Identify practices and behaviours in the maintenance organization which are in appropriate or unacceptable. When focusing on understanding causal factors in association with for example in appropriate behaviours or violations which for example may be perceived as organizationally optimizing, we should consider that possible drivers include the role played by supervisors and managers. b)…

A hazard in Aircraft Maintenance is no different from any other Hazard in respect that whilst it is “dormant” under certain circumstances it has the potential to do harm. Identification of Hazards describes the process of understanding either the exposures risks or the actual failure. In respect of the potential consequences there are a number…

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…