Producing Human Factor Recommendations in the Aviation Sector

Diana Paola Moreno Alarcon (1) , Corinne Bieder (2)

1 ENA - École Nationale d'Administration
2 ENAC - Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile

This paper explores how Human Factors (HF) recommendations for the design of systems, the design of equipment and the design of operations are produced in the Aviation Sector. It also investigates to what extent they rely on the use of HF methods available in the literature. The paper builds on semi-directive interviews from HF experts and practitioners in several Aviation Organizations in Europe and beyond. The interviews captured real HF intervention practices that are described based on actual design examples. The paper presents an overview of practices used amongst the Aviation Industry to generate HF design recommendations within different organizations collaborating on a common European Project. It discusses how HF experts and practitioners produce efficient HF recommendations, and what is needed not only in terms of methods to carry out these recommendations but also and possibly more importantly that which is required from a broader organizational perspective.

Mots clés: Human Factors (HF); Human Factor (HF) Recommendations; Human Factors Methods; Risk management; Aviation

Domaines: Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]

Diana Paola Moreno Alarcon, Corinne Bieder. Producing Human Factor Recommendations in the Aviation Sector. Advances in Safety Management and Human Performance, 262, Springer International Publishing, pp.228-236, 2021, Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, ⟨10.1007/978-3-030-80288-2_27⟩. ⟨hal-03833114⟩