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1 General
This chapter provides highlights on a limited number of Human Factors considerations, and is intended essentially for those readers who do not have available Digest No. 1: Fundamental Human Factors Concepts, which ideally should be read before this digest.
2 Overview
Human Factors is about people: it is about people in their working and living environments, and it is about their relationship with machines, equipment and procedures. Just as important, it is about their relationship with other people. It involves the over-all performance of human beings within the aviation system. Human Factors seeks to optimize the performance of people by the systematic application of the human sciences, often integrated within the framework of system engineering. Its twin objectives can be seen as safety and efficiency.
3 Disciplines and Applications
3.1 Human Factors is essentially a multidisciplinary field. The disciplines include, but are not limited to: engineering, psychology, physiology, medicine, sociology and anthropometry (see Figure 1). Indeed, it is the multidisciplinary nature of the field, and the overlapping of its constituent disciplines, that makes a comprehensive definition difficult.
3.2 Human Factors has come to be concerned with diverse elements in the aviation system. These include human behaviour and performance; decision-making and other cognitive processes; the design of controls and displays; flight deck and cabin layout; communication and software aspects of computers; maps, charts and documentation; as well as the refinement of staff selection and training. Each of these aspects demands skilled and effective human performance.
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