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Gervaughn Berkel

Instructor Alexandra Soya

COM 1101-15

22 February 2017

Annotated bibliography

1.Boedigheimer, Dan. "Exploring the Pilot Reliability Certification Program and Changing

Attitudes on Reducing Pilot Errors: Pilots Covered by Federal Aviation Regulations

91 and 135." Transportation Research Record, vol. 2184, no. 2184, 2010, pp. 49-56.

This report is going about research done on a program put into place by the FAA

called Pilot Reliability Certification program with the goal of increasing overall knowledge

of human errors and reducing human/pilot error in the aviation world. The author, Dan

Boedigheimer, gives a description of the course and the reasons why it is needed. The

training focuses on human factors, including identifying personal error, and improving an

individuals weakness. It consists of 6 courses, 2 of the 6 being Personal Error and

Awareness and Control and Operational and Risk management that directly combat

human error in the cockpit. At the end of the training, pilots show improvement in their

attitude and knowledge related to the training objectives.

Dismukes, Key, et al. The Limits of Expertise: Rethinking Pilot Error and the Causes

of Airline Accidents. Ashgate, Aldershot, 2012.

In this book, the authors Dismukes, Berman, and Loukopoulos look back on the worst

pilot error aviation accidents between 1991 and 2000. The National Transportation

Safety Board (NTSB) plays an important role in this book, for its department has led

the investigation into these crashes. At the end of the book, the authors, revaluate the
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accidents. Although random, the accidents occur within the four factors which are the

human body, demands of a task, the environment in which it occurs, and social and

organizational approach to the situation at hand.

Kontogiannis, Tom, and Stathis Malakis. "A Proactive Approach to Human Error Detection

and Identification in Aviation and Air Traffic Control." Safety Science, vol. 47, no. 5,

2009, pp. 693-706

This book talks about a study that was done creating strategies to detect pilot error.

The authors talk about different forms of detection and, some of the strategies to

detect errors such as revising plans, being fully aware of the current task, double

checking data for reliability. Situational Detection includes finding hiding

assumptions, and testing the assumptions. Pilot error caused while in the planning

phase talks about finding uncertainties in a plan, thinking about the errors that are

possible.

This piece of literature, gives me a lot of information as to the preventative tools tips

pilot can do themselves. It is easy to read and understand.

Martins, Isnard T., et al. Human Error in Aviation: The Behavior of Pilots Facing the Modern

Technology, vol. 8014, 2013

This article, evaluates the reasons and causes of pilot error. Based on a survey

conducted, 70% Of all accidents are caused by human error. The article, written by A.J.

Masys, also states the main cause of pilot error, which is situational awareness. I hope to

incorporate this article by using his research results in my paper.

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Wiegmann, Douglas A., and Scott A. Shappell. "Human Error Perspectives in Aviation." The

International Journal of Aviation Psychology, vol. 11, no. 4, 2001, pp. 341-357.

The authors Wiegmann and Shappell describe the different perspectives of pilot error and

create objective criteria for human error framework for human safety institutions.

They recognise that humans play an important role as main contributors to accidents,

seeing that airplanes and the technology built in an aircraft is becoming more and

more advanced.

Shappell, Scott, et al. "Human Error and Commercial Aviation Accidents: An Analysis using

the Human Factors Analysis and Classification System." Human Factors: The Journal

of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, vol. 49, no. 2, 2007, pp. 227-242.

This study talks about a tool used to investigate and analyse aviation based human error

accidents called Human Factors Analysis and Classification System. It works off

incidents and accidents reported by the National Transportation and Safety Board

(NTSB) over a 13-year period. The data found will help with assessing incidents, as

well as providing information to aviation safety professionals that are constantly

trying to create ways to minimize ways to decrease the amount of aviation accident

based off human error today.

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