TY - JOUR
T1 - Human risk factors associated with pilots in runway excursions
AU - Chang, Yu Hern
AU - Yang, Hui Hua
AU - Hsiao, Yu Jung
N1 - Funding Information:
This paper was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology (Taiwan, R.O.C.) under grant MOST-103-2410-H-309-003- and MOST-104-2410-H-309-014. We appreciate the 145 line personnel and 14 aviation experts for their support with regard to expressing professional opinions and judgments regarding the human risk factors in runway excursions. We would also like to thank all persons for reviewing this paper and providing valuable comments and suggestions for improvement.
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PY - 2016/9/1
Y1 - 2016/9/1
N2 - A breakdown analysis of civil aviation accidents worldwide indicates that the occurrence of runway excursions represents the largest portion among all aviation occurrence categories. This study examines the human risk factors associated with pilots in runway excursions, by applying a SHELLO model to categorize the human risk factors and to evaluate the importance based on the opinions of 145 airline pilots. This study integrates aviation management level expert opinions on relative weighting and improvement-achievability in order to develop four kinds of priority risk management strategies for airline pilots to reduce runway excursions. The empirical study based on experts’ evaluation suggests that the most important dimension is the liveware/pilot's core ability. From the perspective of front-line pilots, the most important risk factors are the environment, wet/containment runways, and weather issues like rain/thunderstorms. Finally, this study develops practical strategies for helping management authorities to improve major operational and managerial weaknesses so as to reduce the human risks related to runway excursions.
AB - A breakdown analysis of civil aviation accidents worldwide indicates that the occurrence of runway excursions represents the largest portion among all aviation occurrence categories. This study examines the human risk factors associated with pilots in runway excursions, by applying a SHELLO model to categorize the human risk factors and to evaluate the importance based on the opinions of 145 airline pilots. This study integrates aviation management level expert opinions on relative weighting and improvement-achievability in order to develop four kinds of priority risk management strategies for airline pilots to reduce runway excursions. The empirical study based on experts’ evaluation suggests that the most important dimension is the liveware/pilot's core ability. From the perspective of front-line pilots, the most important risk factors are the environment, wet/containment runways, and weather issues like rain/thunderstorms. Finally, this study develops practical strategies for helping management authorities to improve major operational and managerial weaknesses so as to reduce the human risks related to runway excursions.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.aap.2016.06.007
DO - 10.1016/j.aap.2016.06.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 27344128
AN - SCOPUS:84975804430
SN - 0001-4575
VL - 94
SP - 227
EP - 237
JO - Accident Analysis and Prevention
JF - Accident Analysis and Prevention
ER -
