Applied Human Factors in Aviation Maintenance
Applied Human Factors in Aviation Maintenance

Author: Manoj S. Patankar

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-05

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 1351957678

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Considering the global awareness of human performance issues affecting maintenance personnel, there is enough evidence in the US ASRS reports to establish that systemic problems such as impractical maintenance procedures, inadequate training, and the safety versus profit challenge continue to contribute toward latent failures. Manoj S. Patankar and James C. Taylor strongly believe in incorporating the human factors principles in aviation maintenance. In this, their second of two volumes, they place particular emphasis on applying human factors principles in a book intended to serve as a practical guide, as well as an academic text. Features include: - A real 'how to' approach that serves as a companion to the previous volume: 'Risk Management and Error Reduction in Aviation Maintenance'. - Self-reports of maintenance errors used throughout to illustrate the systemic susceptibility for errors as well as to discuss corresponding solutions. - Two tools - a pre-task scorecard and a post-task scorecard - introduced as means to measure individual as well as organizational safety performance. - Interpersonal trust and professionalism explored in detail. - Ethical and procedural issues associated with collection and analysis of both qualitative as well as quantitative safety data discussed. The intended readership includes aviation maintenance personnel, e.g. FAA-type aircraft mechanics, CAA-type aircraft maintenance engineers, maintenance managers, regulators, and aviation students.

Aviation Maintenance Management
Aviation Maintenance Management

Author: Frank H. King

Publisher: SIU Press

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780809312108

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This is a practical approach to, and com­prehensive examination of, the problems that face the aviation supervisor. The first chapter discusses the impact of population and geographic changes on the regulation of the airline industry. Chapter 2 deals with “The Federal Aviation Administration,” Chapter 3 with “Regulatory Requirements,” and Chapter 4 with “Organizational Struc­tures.” Chapter 5, “Management Re­sponsibilities,” explores such practical aspects as directing programs, leader­ship, providing motivation and incen­tives, and communication. Chapter 6, “Aviation Maintenance Procedures”—Chapter 7, “Applications of Aviation Maintenance Concepts”—and Chapter 8, “Budgeting, Cost Controls, and Cost Reduction”—also explore the daily problems of aviation supervision in practical terms. Chapter 9, “Training and Professional Development in Aviation Maintenance,” contains a discussion of certified avia­tion maintenance technical schools. Chapter 10 is an in-depth assessment of “Safety and Maintenance.” Discussed here are safety in the maintenance hangar and on the ramp, fueling aircraft, electrical safety, radiation concerns, and building requirements. Chapter 11, “Electronic Data Processing,” covers the computer and applications of received data. Chapter 12, “Aviation Maintenance Management Problem Areas,” deals with matters ranging from parts ordering to administrative concerns. The final chap­ter is a “Forecast and Summary.”

Airline Maintenance Resource Management
Airline Maintenance Resource Management

Author: J C Taylor

Publisher: SAE International

Published: 1998-09-25

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 076806290X

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This book is a primer about the leading-edge approach to maintenance operations known as Maintenance Resource Management (MRM) - a partnership of manager, doer and regulator. MRM programs at several leading carriers are reducing maintenance errors and improving the professional caliber of mechanics and managers. Although communication and coordination issues have only recently been considered as important as technological advances in the aviation community, airlines have realized that a fix exists for maintenance communications problems. The "bottom-up" technique of MRM has successfully addressed these problems through more effective sharing of information among all employees. In addition to describing the best practices now taking hold in the aviation industry, Taylor and Christensen look at what lies ahead and what the industry will need to do to match the high performance work systems in the best high-tech industries around the world.