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Report No: DOT/FAA/AM-94/12

Title and Subtitle: Human Factors in Aviation Maintenance Phase III, Volume 2 Progress Report, ADA283287

Report Date: July 1994

Authors: Galaxy Scientific Corporation

Abstract: The third phase of research on human factors in aviation maintenance continued to look at the human's role in the aviation maintenance system via investigations, demonstrations, and evaluations of the research program outputs. This report describes the Office of Aerospace Medicine's Hypermedia Information System, released on CD ROM in early 1993. The report also offers an extended discussion of computer based training (CBT) for maintenance and provides guidelines for CBT decision making.

One chapter of the report identifies the "barriers" that have hindered the acceptance and success of nontraditional participants in aviation maintenance careers and offers recommendations to ensure a barrier-free work environment for all workers. The report also includes a chapter on the plan and pilot study to investigate relationships of a number of variables to nondestructive inspection performance. An evaluation of Maintenance Crew Resource Management is also reported on, as well as the development and status of the Human Factors Guide for Aviation Maintenance.

Key Words: Human factors, aviation maintenance, hypermedia, CD ROM, nontraditional participants, NDI performance, computer based instruction, CRM

No. of Pages: 225