Human Factors

A collection of research focusing on identifying and optimizing the factors that affect human performance in maintenance and inspection.

This technical document discusses cockpit measurements and their relation to various body sizes and proportions. An annotated bibliography with links to cited fulltext documents is included.

Weekly issues provided by Roger Hughes, President, Decoding Human Factors, Inc. that provide articles dealing with the all important subject of human factors.

A site devoted to aviation maintenance fatigue issues. Included is MX Fatigue Focus a quarterly publication about maintenance fatigue.

Official homepage of the HFES. Click on Publications to view the tables of contents from several journal titles or use the "Search" function to search a topic or author. ERAU affiliates may contact the Hunt Library for information on obtaining full text.

From NASA Ames Research Center, this site describes the current research activities of the Human Systems Integration Division involving human performance, technology design, and human-computer interaction.

Full-text brochures dealing with human factors published by the FAA's Civil Aerospace Medical Institute.

Developed by Eurocontrol, ICAO, Flight Safety Foundation and U.K. Flight Safety Committee, Skybrary focuses on the operational risks of global flight operations for commercial air transport. Click on Operators Guide to Human Factors in Aviation under "Toolkits" for a comprehensive library of resources for safety managers. Includes selected accident reports; enter air carrier name in the Skybrary search box.