22nd Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, Harrogate, UK, 28 August - 1st September, 2000
Paper ICAS 2000-6.7.2
REX : A HUMAN FACTOR FLIGHT SAFETY RESEARCH PROGRAM
N. Maille (1), L. Chaudron (1), P. Le Blaye (1), J. -Y. Grau (2)
(1) ONERA, France;
(2) IMASSA
Keywords: human activity, aviation safety, flight analysis, cognitive modeling
ONERA and IMASSA are currently involved in
a research program which aims at defining a
methodology for the analysis of military
aircrews’ activity during everyday operations.
The proposed methodology is different
from the flight analysis processes currently used
by airlines, for instance, as it is clearly focused
on the human activity : it is based on a model of
generic activity, built from aircrews’ interviews
and flight simulations.
This model is used as a reference to
identify possible discrepancies between the
generic activity and the actions actually
performed during the flight. Those
discrepancies are then interpreted using a
typology of typical safety relevant events, which
was established through an extensive review of
incidents cases.
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