Article
Review Article
The Enhancing Error Management of Pilot and Line Operation Safety Audit
Department of Aeronautical Science and Flight Operations, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju, Korea
Correspondence to:Received: August 3, 2022; Accepted: August 10, 2022
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Korean J Aerosp Environ Med 2022; 32(2): 44-49
Published August 31, 2022 https://doi.org/10.46246/KJAsEM.220015
Copyright © Aerospace Medical Association of Korea.
Abstract
The human factors become the most important factor in aviation safety. In order to prevent accident, pilots should manage errors in the cockpit. International Civil Aviation Authority (ICAO) recommends airlines to implement line operation safety audit (LOSA) to identify the management of errors by pilots and understand real errors and the competencies. The LOSA may provide metrics of the prevalence of errors by each types and rate of trapping errors to management enhancing errors. Airlines may understand how crew respond and manage errors. The operator may enhance safety once they identify errors and train crew how they manage to reduce the most mismanagement errors. This study is to provide operators eight recommendations on how to enhance errors and LOSA understanding human errors collected through LOSA and enhancing the implementation of LOSA with guidance according to ICAO and Federal Aviation Administration.
Keywords
Safety management system, Line operation safety audit, Threat and error management, Crew resource management, Human factors
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