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Contact: Dr. Bill Johnson Posted On: September 22, 2006 FAA-ATA Human Factors in Maintenance and Ramp Safety a Success The result was a success when over 300 delegates . . .

FAA-ATA Human Factors in Maintenance and Ramp Safety a Success

FAA teamed with ATA to revive the Annual Maintenance Human Factors Symposium, which had ceased from 2003-2005.  The result was a success when over 300 delegates, including 75 from FAA, attended the meeting In Orlando, September 6-7.   Boeing and Airbus participated as Symposium Co-sponsors.

Augusto Casado (Flight Standards from Orlando) welcomed the symposium to Florida. FAA speakers included Dawn Veach (newly appointed Flight Standards Division Manager for Southern Region) who stood in for Nick Sabitini.  Jim Ballough (AFS-1) talked about issues surrounding Repair Stations and said that new rules are coming to address maintenance human factors.  Bill Johnson (Chief Scientists for Maintenance Human Factors) described current and planned Human Factors initiatives for Flight Standards.  Carla Hackworth (CAMI) described the results of an international human factors survey of maintenance organizations showing that good regulations ensure the best attention to maintenance human factors.  Jay Hiles (AFS330) served as Master of Ceremonies. Industry partners, Alan Hobbs (NASA) talked about maintenance of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles while Roger Hughes (jetBlue) and Dennis Watson (American Airlines) described FAA’s Operators Manual for Human Factors in maintenance.

Industry and government delegates praised the technical program, the speakers, and the Orlando venue.  Meeting proceeds are posted at www.airlines.org.  The organizing committee accepted Jim Ballough’s challenge to make the 2007 meeting bigger and to increase the number of FAA delegates

 

Br. Bill Johnson
Chief Scientific and Technical Advisor for
Human Factors in A/C Maintenance Systems, FAA
1-404-305-6118