title: Awareness grows of importance of human factors issues in aircraft maintenance and inspection.
abstract: Until recently, the role of human factors in maintenance operations was not adequately addressed. That is changing, because it is clear that human error in aircraft maintenance can have a serious impact on flight safety.
mesh_terms: D000056:Accident Prevention; D000060:Accidents, Aviation / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000401:Aircraft / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001359:Aviation / Q000193:education / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003142:Communication; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D004868:Equipment Failure; D004869:Equipment Safety; D006804:Ergonomics; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D008029:Lighting; D008283:Maintenance; D009622:Noise; D014785:Vision, Ocular; D016526:Workload; D017132:Workplace