Methodology Proposal to Better Integrate Human Factors in Aviation Maintenance

Abstract:
In industry, and more particularly in the aviation maintenance industry, Human Factors/Ergonomics (HFE) is increasingly considered by maintainability stakeholders in the aircraft development process. However, most of the stakeholders are not specialized in HFE, therefore the compromise between HFE and design criteria is not optimized. This paper introduces a methodology proposal to enhance integration of HFE in aviation maintenance by maintainability stakeholders without HFE skills and knowledge. This methodology, called PEAM (Preliminary Ergonomics Analysis in Maintainability) will not replace the HFE specialist but will help all maintainability stakeholders to anticipate the maintenance operator's activity in the preliminary phases of aircraft design. This paper will also introduce the first results regarding PEAM deployment efficiency.

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