Preventing human errors in aviation maintenance using an on-line maintenance assistance platform

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 356-367

  Liang, Guo Feng ^a   Lin, Jhih Tsong ^a   Hwang, Sheue Ling ^a   Wang, Eric Min yang ^a   Patterson, Patrick ^b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Texas Tech University   (United States)

Author keywords

Human errors; Maintenance incidents; Mental workload; On line maintenance assistance platform; Performance shaping factor (PSF); Situation awareness

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ERRORS; LINE MAINTENANCE; MENTAL WORKLOAD; PERFORMANCE SHAPING FACTORS; SITUATION AWARENESS;

AVIATION; JOB SATISFACTION; MAINTENANCE; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; SURVEYS;

ERRORS;

ARTICLE; AVIATION; AWARENESS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; ERROR; ERROR PREVENTION; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; MAINTENANCE INDUSTRY; MENTAL TASK; ON LINE MAINTENANCE ASSISTANCE PLATFORM; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEAMWORK; TRAINING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77951295563     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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