Fatigue is the sixth of the Dirty Dozen Human Factors.
Fatigue has traditionally received a lot of attention from flight crew due to the dramatic effects of the different types of fatigue on pilot and cabin crew performance.
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One of the biggest problems in aviation risk management is the misuse or misunderstanding of aviation risk management definitions and concepts. The most common mistakes happen when it comes to the idea of a hazard vs risk.
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Hazards are central to the entire process of developing safe operational environments.
A hazard fulfills the following:
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Risk, in its general form, is what is most often cited when discussing the definition of risk, and the idea of risk.
Risk in general is:
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The human spirit is a restless one, always seeking to push the boundaries of possibility.
Since the Wright brothers' first successful flight occurred only in 1903, aviation is relatively new to humankind.
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The concept of risk changes depending on which context you use it. This is not comfortable for many safety managers who insist that risk is simply one thing.
It’s important that safety professionals keep an open mind to variations in how different safety terms are used.
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Safety manager performance is the ability of safety managers to drive performance in aviation SMS. “Drive performance” can mean either:
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The life cycle of hazard and risk occurrence (including other types of occurrences) encompasses the entirety of an adverse event to final consequences.
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Management of change in aviation SMS is a formal process for implementing system-level changes in aviation SMS programs.
By system-level, we are talking about a change that is significant enough to affect the design of your SMS.
Continuous improvement in aviation SMS programs in the formal process by which safety programs correct substandard safety performances that have been identified.
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