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Beyond Aviation Human Factors Safety in High Terminology, Daniel E. Maurino, James Reason, A. Neil Johnson & Rob Lee 1995. 181 pp. Available in English. 
Summary: "This is serious and good stuff, and should be compulsory reading for every accident investigator and for safety officers of any technology-based organisation." -- Aerospace. "This important volume will be of relevance to all operational aviation management, technical and non-technical personnel in aviation, other transportation and high technology production industries." -- Occupational Safety and Health. ". . . very detailed . . . very valuable because it describe[s] an alternative methodology for investigating accidents and provide[s] sufficient information to allow the reader to think about strategy for considering the role of latent organizational failures." -- Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine. ". . . provides a clear insight into the sequence of circumstances that can occur and cause an accident to happen. In this the book is enlightening and more than a little worrying." -- Ergonomics Abstracts. "The authors of this book have made an important contribution to aviation safety literature." -- Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal. ". . . provides an alternative approach to traditional human factors studies." -- Flight Safety Digest. ". . . makes fascinating reading from the first page to the last. . . . The foreword of the book is written by the Hon. Mr. Justice Virgil P. Moshansky, who was in charge of the investigation into the FK28 crash in Dryden, Ontario (one of the cases described in the book) - an investigation widely recognised as the first to look for systemic factors behind the accident rather than stop at the conclusion 'pilot error'. Therefore this forework certainly also comprises a must for any aviation practitioner who has an interest in Human Factors. Highly recommended!" -- The Controller. The authors believe that a systemic organizational approach to aviation safety must replace the piecemeal approaches largely favored in the past, but this change needs to be preceded by information to explain why a new approach is necessary. Accident records show a flattening of the safety curve since the early 1970s. However, instead of new kinds of accidents, similar safety deficiencies have become recurrent features in accident reports. This suggests the need to review traditional accident prevention strategies, focused almost exclusively on the action or inactions of front-line operational personnel. The organizational model proposed by the authors is one alternative means to pursue safety and prevention strategies in contemporary aviation; it is also applicable to other production systems. The model argues for a broadened approach, which considers the influence of all organizations involved in aviation operations (the "blunt end"), in addition to individual human performance (the "sharp end"). If the concepts of systems safety and organizational accidents are to be advanced, aviation management at all levels must be aware of them. This book is intended to provide a bridge from the academic knowledge gained from research, to the needs of practitioners in aviation. It comprises six chapters; in the first, the fundamentals, background, and justification for an organizational approach to aviation safety and prevention endeavors are explained. Four case studies follow which illustrate the application of the organizational accident causation model to the flight deck, maintenance, and air traffic control environments. The last chapter suggests different ways to apply the model as a prevention tool which furthermore enhances organizational effectiveness. The value of the organizational framework pioneered by Professor Reason in analyzing safety in high-technology production systems is felt by his co-authors to have an enduring role to play, both now and in coming decades. The applications of the approach as detailed in this book have been adopted by ICAO, IFATCA, IMO, the US National Transportation Safety Board, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, the Bureau of Air Safety Investigation, (BASI, Australia), and British Airways, among others. Every effort has been made to ensure that the book is relevant to the operation environment. The readership includes aviation management, pilots, air traffic controllers, maintenance engineers, accident investigators, and civil aviation authorities. Training, operational, non-technical, and quality control personnel in aviation will also find Beyond Aviation Human Factors of interest, as will personnel in other modes of transportation and other high-technology production industries. Contents: Foreword by the Honourable Mr. Justice Vergil P. Moshansky; Preface; Widening the search for accident causes: a theoretical framework; Erebus and beyond; Pathogens in the snow: the crash of Flight 1363; The BAC1-11 windscreen accident; The Australian airmiss study; Remedial implications: some practical applications of the theory; Index. Captain Daniel E. Maurino is the Coordinator of the Flight Safety and Human Factors Study Programme, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Professor James Reason is Professor of Psychology at the University of Manchester, England. He is the author of Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents in hardback and paperback (1997), and Human Error (1990). Captain Neil Johnston is a Boeing 737 Captain with Aer Lingus. He is Associate Editor of The International Journal of Aviation Psychology and co-editor of Aviation Psychology in Practice in hardback and paperback (1994). Dr. Rob B. Lee is the Director of the Australian Bureau of Air Safety Investigation (BASI). He was formerly with the Royal Australian Air Force. 

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A well illustrated and sensitively presented account of the crash of a NZNAC Douglas DC-3 in 1963.

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Patterns In Safety Thinking A Literature Guide To Air Transportation Safety, Geoffrey R. McIntyre, 2000, 148 pages hardback
Safety is more than the absence of accidents. Safety has the goal of transforming the levels of risk that are inherent in all human activity, while its interdisciplinary nature extends its influence far into most corporate management and government regulatory actions. Yet few engineers have attended a safety course, conference or even a lecture in the area, suggesting that those responsible for the safe construction and operation of complex high-risk socio-technical systems are inadequately prepared.  Patterns in Safety Thinking is designed to meet the expressed needs of aviation safety management trainees for a practical and concise educational supplement to the safety literature. Written in a highly readable and accessible style, its features include:detailed analysis of the forward looking System Safety, approach, with its focus on accident prevention;classification of transportation safety literature into distinct schools of thought (tort law, reliability engineering, system safety engineering); real world, practical illustrations of the theory; the history, theory and practice of "safety management"; interdisciplinary thinking about "safety".

The flying public is faced with a bewildering array of aviation safety data from a diverse and ever increasing number of sources. This book is an essential guide to the available information, and a major contribution to the international public debate on aviation safety. Contents: Introduction; Transportation Tort law school; Reliability engineering school; System safety engineering school; Conclusion; Bibliography. Geoffrey R. McIntyre, Federal Aviation Administration Program Analyst, USA. 

Developing the Future Aviation System
Edited by Rod Baldwin, 1999, 224 pages

"The skies are becoming increasingly crowded and their is increased commercialization in many areas. There is also an increased interlocking between technological developments and the size of the financial investments required. All these factors increase the need for the development of an integral aviation system, with all those involved having an awareness of what is happening in other sectors of the industry." -- Book News

"This book is a comprehensive list of topics that would help anyone in the aviation industry to understand the whole picture of things happening around them . . . will increase your awareness of what is going on around you in the aviation environment and how preparations for the next century are being addressed." -- The Controller

". . . focuses on issues destined to occupy future managers in all aspects of civil air transport . . . it has an academic style, with , many references. it points out practical problems that will concern today's students in the industry and tomorrow's managers. Those concerned with mainstream issues in ATC, and an increasing overlap in the roles of pilots and controllers, will benefit from the direction provided by this book." -- Aerospace Professional

The major changes taking place in technology have some of the greatest effect in the world of aviation. Yet, in an industry which started with the concept of "open skies", each sector has traditionally developed on its own and adjusted to developments in other areas as and when required. The need for integration is particularly important as the skies become increasingly crowded. More intense commercialization dramatically increases the interlocking between technological developments and the size of the financial investments required. For maximum efficiency the aviation system thus has to develop as an integrated whole with a greater awareness of events in other sectors.

Developing the Future Aviation System meets this requirement by addressing the breadth and depth of the aviation system and looking at areas of significant advances. While following the processes of development, the reader will see where the results might lead in the new century.

Its three parts concentrate on areas of great significance—in integration as well as in technological progress--especially for their impact on human and social aspects. The editor and the invited contributors are among the foremost experts, researchers and industry leaders in their fields, in the global aviation community, many with hands-on experience of massive change. The intended readership includes those who are moving into management functions in air traffic management, airplane manufacturing and airline operations; in training centers, colleges and institutions.

Contents: New Concepts for Aircraft and Airports: A systems approach to developing the new aircraft; New generation airports; The airport business and information technology; Airport security; Human Factors and Training: Human Factors in the cockpit; Laws for the design of the Universal cockpit displays; Creating a culture of safety; Human Factors in Air Traffic Control; Training issues in Air Traffic Flow Management; Managing the Aviation System: The Air Traffic Management System--present and future; Improving capacity--implementation of the FANS CNS/ATM system in the Asia/Pacific region; The new IATA international passenger liability regime; Developments in aircraft interior design. Rod Baldwin, Managing Director, Baldwin International Services, Luxembourg.