title: Human risk factors associated with pilots in runway excursions.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Transportation and Communication Management Science, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1 University Road, Tainan City 701, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Yu-Hern
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: Department of Aviation and Maritime Transportation Management, Chang Jung Christian University, No. 1 Changda Road, Tainan City 711, Taiwan, ROC. Electronic address: hhyang@mail.cjcu.edu.tw.
authors.forename: Hui-Hua
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Transportation and Communication Management Science, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1 University Road, Tainan City 701, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Yu-Jung
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Hsiao
mesh_terms: D000060:Accidents, Aviation / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology*; D004779:Environment Design; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D000070356:Pilots / Q000523:psychology*; D011361:Professional Competence; D012307:Risk Factors; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014887:Weather
keywords: Human risk factors; Runway excursions; Runway safety; SHELLO model