342-0419/02 – Human Factors in Air Transport (LCvLD)
| Gurantor department | Institute of Transport | Credits | 3 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Vladimír Smrž, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Vladimír Smrž, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 3 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2010/2011 | Year of cancellation | 2020/2021 |
| Intended for the faculties | FS | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The subject´s goal is to achieve the necessary competencies to focus on the issues of Human Factors and their impact on the system safety and security in the civil aviation.
Teaching methods
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Summary
Human Factors play a decisive role in the design of aircrafts, which should take into account the physiological characteristics, needs and limits of the human body. Furthermore they have effect by their manufacturing and maintenance, air traffic control, preparation and training of staff and finally assessment and competency assessment of the machines and people. Here the critically affect the safety and efficiency of the air transport. Therefore, knowledge of the Human Factors and the need of teaching of this course by acquiring of some aviation qualifications is an ICAO requirement.
Compulsory literature:
FAA. Human performance considerations in the use and design of aircraft checklists. Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety, Human Factors Analysis Division. Washington, USA. 1995.
Helmreich, R. L. and Merritt, A. C. Safety and Error Management. Technical Report 98 – 3, University of Texas, Aerospace Crew Research Project. May1998.
Beňo, L., Dzvoník, O. Ľudské factory v letectve. Žilinská univerzita, Žilina, 2004. ISBN: 80-8070-276-4.
Recommended literature:
Helmreich, R. L., Merritt, A. C. and Sherman, P. J. Human Factors and National Culture. In ICAO Journal, Volume 51 (1996): S. 14 – 16. 1996.
Helmreich, Robert L., Klinect, James R. & Wilhelm, John A. Models of Threat, Error, and CRM in Flight Operations. Paper presented at 10th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Columbus, Ohio, USA, May 1999.
ICAO. Accident/Incident Reporting Manual (ADREP Manual), ICAO Doc 9156-AN/900, October 1987.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
To develop a semester work according to specification
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 The importance of air transport for regional and global economy
1.2 The Human Factors influence in the air transport safety
2 STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF AIR ACCIDENTS
2.1 Accidents and incidents definitions
2.2 Statistical overview of the development of air accidents and their consequences
3 HUMAN FACTORS (HF) IN THE COMMERCIAL AIR TRANSPORT
3.1 The importance of HF
3.2 The need for knowledge of the HF in terms of aviation industry
3.3 Application of HF in the air traffic
4 UNDESIRABLE HF ASPECTS IN THE COMMERCIAL AVIATION
4.1 Failure to cope with stressful situations
4.2 Human errors and violations of procedures and regulations
4.3 Inadequate design of training and flight procedures for flight crew
4.4 Personal qualities of the flight crew members
5 POSSIBILITY OF INCREASING OF THE COMMERCIAL AIRTRANSPORT SAFETY
5.1 Elimination of the undesirable HF aspects
5.2 Training of stakeholders in the human error issue
5.3 Improving the system of flight crew selection and training
5.4 Improving the problem areas management
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction