FAA Strategies for Reducing Operational Error Causal Factors

Abstract

The FAA has historically tried to understand and mitigate the incidence of operational errors (OEs), focusing on the critical component of the system-the closest person to the air traffic situation and the last point of prevention-the air traffic controller. With the human element as the foundation of such a complex system, several initiatives by the FAA Office of Evaluations and Investigations Staff include: have focused on human performance within, and interacting with, the larger system. These have included implementing a coordinated system of investigations to identify causal factors, fielding automation to re-create events, developing metrics to categorize OE severity, and sponsoring unique performance enhancement programs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA423665

Entities

People

  • Anthony S. Ferante
  • Julia Pounds

Organizations

  • Federal Aviation Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Aerospace Medicine
  • Air Traffic
  • Aircrafts
  • Aviation Accidents
  • Aviation Medicine
  • Classification
  • Collisions
  • Complex Systems
  • Motor Skills
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Reliability
  • Situational Awareness
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • Vulnerability

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.