The Business Case for Human Factors in Maintenance Organisations

08 December 2000
A Conference Presented by the Human Factors Group
of the Royal Aeronautical Society

Papers and Materials on the HF Business Case

1. Presentations
Presentations are posted when cleared by speakers. All presentations are copyright (c) 2000 by their authors. Information and papers presented here are not intended for sale or redistribution without written consent from their authors.

Note: Many of the presentations and papers provided below require Adobe Acrobat, a standard document viewing application.  This is available free:

Draft Workshop Output (PDF, requires Acrobat Reader).
Cliff Edwards, Shell Aviation; "Improving the Engineering Safety Culture" (PDF, requires Acrobat Reader).
Cliff Edwards, Shell Aviation; "Improving the Engineering Safety Culture" (PPT, requires Microsoft PowerPoint or PowerPoint Viewer).
Phil Hall Quality & Safety Management Director of Monarch Aircraft Engineering Ltd.; Freeing Up the Resources for a Human Factors Programme (PDF, requires Acrobat Reader).
Draft Revenue Loss sample document (PDF, requires Acrobat Reader).
Draft Revenue Loss sample document (DOC, requires Microsoft Word 7).
Sally Brearley, Railtrack Safety & Standards; "Railway Safety: Analysing Risks and Causes" (PDF, requires Acrobat Reader).
Sally Brearley, Railtrack Safety & Standards; "Railway Safety: Analysing Risks and Causes" (PPT, requires MS PowerPoint or PowerPoint Reader).
Steve Mason, HSEC Ltd.; "Managers' Tool Kit for Addressing Human Factors; (PDF, requires Acrobat Reader).
Steve Mason, HSEC Ltd.; "Managers' Tool Kit for Addressing Human Factors; (DOC, requires Microsoft Word 7).

2. Related Aviation Maintenance Papers and Notes Cliff Edwards, Shell Aviation; "The Case for Compliance Monitoring in Maintenance Organisations: Process and Practice Monitoring" (PPT, requires PowerPoint or PowerPoint Viewer).
Cliff Edwards, Shell Aviation; "The Case for Compliance Monitoring in Maintenance Organisations: Process and Practice Monitoring" (PDF, requires Acrobat Reader).
The Dutch National Aerospace Laboratory, c.f. Dr. Ronald VanGent
People, Practises and Procedures in Aviation Engineering and Maintenance: A Practical guide to Human Factors in the Wrokplace Report by the UK Human Factors Combined Action Group (PDF, requires Acrobat Reader)

3. Sites and Sources The Bluecoat Cockpit Automation Forum
4. Conference Information
Conference Programme