Organizations

Flying clubs, FBOs, schools, and other small operators are at the heart of general aviation. If you don't have a few million dollars to spend on training programs, six-degree of freedom simulators, and high-priced consultants, but you would still like to have a top-notch safety program, perhaps we can be of some help.

There are a lot of documents that have been produced by various government agencies to help improve the safety of small flying organizations. Below you will a link to the Documents-for-Organizations page in our Publications section. There you may find some documents obtained from the FAA, and the Australian, British, and Canadian equivalents of the FAA. While you may need to tailor some of the programs to make them applicable to your specific situation, you may find some of their suggestions very helpful.

Go to the Documents-for-Organizations page.

Human Factors Guide for Aviation Maintenance

The Electronic Human Factors Guide for Aviation Maintenance describes fundamental human factors concepts and guidelines and provides practical, useable guidance for supervisors and planners in the aviation maintenance industry. This was produced in 1998 by several universities and research organizations under contract to the FAA. For a current, complementary source of information consult the HF Skyways site. Unless noted otherwise, these materials are in the public domain, and may be freely copied and distributed.

• Contents (PDF 53 KB)
• Guide to the Guide (PDF 456 KB)
• Foreword (PDF 29 KB)
• Chapter 1: Human Factors (PDF 280 KB)
• Chapter 2: Establishing a Human Factors/Ergonomics Program (PDF 888 KB)
• Chapter 3: Workplace Safety (PDF 1.2 MB)
• Chapter 4: Shiftwork and Scheduling (PDF 210 KB)
• Chapter 5: Facility Design (PDF 654 KB)
• Chapter 6: Work Design (PDF 256 KB)
• Chapter 7: Training (PDF 216 KB)
• Chapter 8: Testing and Troubleshooting (PDF 625 KB)
• Chapter 9: Automation (PDF 354 KB)
• Chapter 10: Disabilities (PDF 425 KB)
• Chapter 11: Sexual Harassment (PDF 146 KB)
• Chapter 12: Personal and Job-related Factors (PDF 175 KB)
• Chapter 13: Communication (PDF 268 KB)
• Chapter 14: Human Error (PDF 238 KB)
• Chapter 15: Information Transfer (PDF 245 KB)
• Chapter 16: Maintenance Resource Management (734 KB)