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Human factor in Air Transport

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 342-6534/01
Abbreviation LFvLD
Course title Human factor in Air Transport
Credits 3
Coordinating department Institute of Transport
Course coordinator Ing. Lenka Kontriková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction to Human Factors in Aviation (review of HF concepts and the SHEL model).
2. A Systems Approach to Safety (systems approach to the analysis of incidents and accidents).
3. Case Study Analysis of an Accident from a Systems Perspective.
4. Fundamentals of Cognitive Psychology for Aviation (how pilots perceive information, limitations of attention, and perceptual failures).
5. Workload, Human Error, Human Performance Limitations, and Error Management.
6. Decision-Making and Problem Solving in the Cockpit and Flight Operations.
7. Physical and Psychophysiological Factors (fatigue, stress, hypoxia).
8. Introduction to Crew Resource Management (CRM).
9. Team Communication (CRM principles, communication, crew leadership, multi-crew operations, pilot–pilot and pilot–ATC communication).
10. Organizational Human Factors (safety culture and safety reporting).
11. Safety Culture (Just Culture).
12. Risk Management at the Organizational Level – Safety Management Systems (SMS).
13. Automation and Human–Machine Interface (benefits and risks of automation).

Literature

Učebnice pilota 2022: pro žáky a piloty všech druhů letounů a sportovních létajících zařízení, provozujících létání jako svou zájmovou činnost. Cheb: Svět křídel, 2022. ISBN 978-80-7573-101-2.
ŠULC, J. a KULČÁK, L. (eds.) Lidská výkonnost (040 00): Učebnice pro teoretickou přípravu pilotů ATPL, CPL a IR. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7204-688-1. (Učební text pro předmět Human Performance and Limitations dle JAR-FCL.).
MAURINO, D., REASON, J., JOHNSTON, N. a LEE, R. Beyond Aviation Human Factors: Safety in High Technology Systems. Aldershot: Ashgate, 1995. ISBN 978-1857426977 .
HAWKINS, F. H. Human Factors in Flight. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 2017. ISBN 978-1138426863 .
ICAO. Safety Management Manual (SMM). Doc 9859. 4th ed. Montreal: International Civil Aviation Organization, 2018. Dostupné online.
ICAO. Manual on Human Performance for Regulators. Doc 10151. Montreal: International Civil Aviation Organization, 2021. Dostupné online.

Advised literature

WIENER, E. L. a NAGEL, D. C. (eds.) Human Factors in Aviation. San Diego: Academic Press, 1988. ISBN 978-0127500317.
WIEGMANN, D. A. a SHAPPELL, S. A. A Human Error Approach to Aviation Accident Analysis: The Human Factors Analysis and Classification System. London: Routledge, 2017. ISBN 978-1138247048 .
JOHNSTON, N., McDONALD, N. a FULLER, R. (eds.) Aviation Psychology in Practice. London: Routledge, 2017. ISBN 978-SALAS, E., MAURINO, D. (eds.) Human Factors in Aviation. 2nd ed. Academic Press, 2010.