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Human Factors in Aviation

Summary

Aviation is a very risky career fields, ie. the little man or equipment failure can have direconsequences
(of the great material or human casualties).
During the development of aviation has long worked primarily on reducing the probability of failure of aviation technology, but forgot to reduce human failure, which currently represents about 75%. To understand the causes of human failure and options for its elimination is necessary to understand patterns of human performance through a comprehensive knowledge, a discipline called "Human factors" and its laws in the field of aviation.

Literature

[1] BEŇO, L., DZVONÍK, O. L´udské faktory v letectve, EDIS, Žilina, 2004, ISBN: 80-8070-276-4
[2] Smrž, V.: Zvyšování bezpečnosti letecké dopravy prostřednictvím eliminace nežádoucích aspektů lidského činitele, Habilitační práce, VŠB – TU Ostrava, Ostrava 2008, 118 stran
[3] ŠULC, J., NĚMEC V. Lidský činitel v údržbě letadel, Akademické nakladatelství CERM, Brno, 2006, ISBN: 80-7204-482-6

Advised literature

No advised literature has been specified for this subject.


Language of instruction čeština
Code 342-0585
Abbreviation LCL
Course title Human Factors in Aviation
Coordinating department Institute of Transport
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Vladimír Smrž, Ph.D.