Using SHERPA to predict design-induced error on the flight deck

On the Design of Flight-Deck Procedures

Design Induced Errors on the Modern Flight Deck During Approach and Landing

Human factors certification criteria are being developed for large civil aircraft to replace the interim policies currently in place for this purpose. The objective of these initiatives is to reduce the incidence of design induced error. Many formal error identification and prediction techniques currently exist, however none of these have been validated for their use in an aviation context due ...

Human performance on the flight deck

On doctors’ accountability and flight deck safety

People have an inherent tendency to view events as being more predictable than they may actually be, especially in hindsight. This predisposition is known as hindsight bias. However, putting hindsight bias aside, one should consider the discussion in the media raised by the recent Germanwings Flight 9525 air accident from a medical point of view. The probability that aircrafts are used to assis...

Integrating Critical Information on Flight Deck Displays

Honeywell Laboratories has developed a concept for integrating multiple sources of data concerning information outside the aircraft. The concept, ANCOA (Alerting and Notification for Conditions Outside the Aircraft), was conceived as means for reducing error conflicts and establishing a clear prioritization among currently independent and disparate alerting systems for hazards external to the a...