Human Factors

Projects

The on-going projects and deliverable products of ICAO’s Flight Safety and Human Factors Programme for 2004-2009 are documented in the Air Navigation working paper 7956 (AN-WP/7956). This five-year plan was presented to and approved by the Air Navigation Commission on 21 October 2004.

The Programme Plan includes four key types of activities:

Awareness and education;
Development of Standards and Recommended Practices;
Support on-going ICAO activities; and
Support and liaison with industry and research.

Specifics on the four key types of activities

Awareness and education activity includes:

Developing guidance material on:

Runway incursions ;
Threat and Error Management (TEM) in cabin operations;
Threat and Error Management (TEM) in Air Traffic Control;
Threat and Error Management (TEM) in flight deck operations.

Regional seminars and training workshops such as:

Asociacion De Pilotos Aviadores (ASPA)/ICAO Regional Seminar on Loss of Control (LOC) in Flight and Upset Recovery Training
Mexico City, March 2005;
Third ICAO-IATA TEM Conference
Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, September 2005;
First ICAO Global Symposium on Threat and Error Management (TEM) / Normal Operations Safety Survey (NOSS) in Air Traffic Control
Luxembourg, November 2005.

Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) activity includes:

Develop provisions on:

Threat and Error Management (TEM) competencies in flight crew licensing and training in Annexes 1 and 6
The protection of sources of safety information
Safety Management Systems (SMS)
Threat and Error Management (TEM) in the various Annexes and PANS

Amend the guidance material below to support the following Annexes (Annex Chart): 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, and 16:

Human Factors Training Manual (Doc 9683)
Human Factors in Air Traffic Management (ATM) Systems (Doc 9758)
Human Factors Guidelines for Safety Audits Manual (Doc 9806)
New guidance material to support Annex 8; regarding the design and airworthiness certification of modern flight decks

Support on-going ICAO activities:

This includes, but is not limited to:

Supporting the Operations Panel (OPSP); the Flight Crew Licensing and the Training Panel (FCLTP); the protection of sources of safety information; and the introduction of Safety Management Systems (SMS).
Developing new guidance material on:
- Threat and Error Management (TEM) Training
- Electronic Flight Bags
- Flight Management Systems
- Head-Up Guidance Systems (HGS)/Head-Up Display (HUD) and Enhanced Vision Systems (EVS)
- Legal guidance on the Protection of Sources of Safety Information
- Safety Management Systems (SMS)

Support and liaison with industry and research:

This includes interacting with centers of research and industry leading to the continuous assessment and evaluation of the Flight Safety and Human Factors Programme.

Note: see working group page on this website for a list of groups.

For more information contact:
Coordinator, Flight Safety and Human Factors Programme
Email: dmaurino@icao.int