Aviation Academy
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Safety differently
29 May 2020 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyThis paper presents the findings from a ‘Safety Differently’ (SD) case study in aviation, and specifically in a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) organisation in Southeast Asia. The goal of the case ...
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Neuroscientific tools in the cockpit:towards a meaningful decision support system for fatigue risk management
1 January 2020 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyFatigued pilots are prone to experience cognitive disorders that degrade their performance and adherence to high safety standards. In light of the current challenging context in aviation, we report the early phase of ...
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Reactie op Rolf Hoving
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Measuring Safety in Aviation: Empirical Results about the Relation between Safety Outcomes and Safet
18 May 2017 | Centre for Applied Research in EducationThe following research paper is published for The Seventh International Conference on Performance, Safety and Robustness in Complex Systems and Applications. See the content of the paper below.
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Can the STAMP Model Serve in Establishing a Common Language?
15 February 2017 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyA symbiotic relationship between human factors and safety scientists is needed to ensure the provision of holistic solutions for problems emerging in modern socio-technical systems. System Theoretic Accident Model ...
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Exploring the Diversity in Safety Measurement Practices: Empirical Results from Aviation
26 January 2017 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyA literature review, which was conducted during the research project “Measuring Safety in Aviation – Developing Metrics for Safety Management Systems”, identified several problems and challenges ...
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Editorial of the 1st International Cross-Industry Safety Conference proceedings
26 January 2017 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyThe Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences was proud to organize the 1st International Cross-industry Safety Conference (ICSC) dedicated to both practical and theoretical aspects of safety. The conference ...
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How Completely and Similarly Do Safety Authorities Address Hazards Posed by New Technology?
26 January 2017 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyThe continuous increase of accident and incident reports has indicated the potential of drones to threaten public safety. The published regulatory framework for small drones is not visibly based on a comprehensive ...
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Measuring Safety Through the Distance Between System States with the RiskSOAP Indicator
26 January 2017 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyModern engineering systems are complex socio-technical structures with a mission to offer services of high quality, while in parallel ensuring profitability for their owners. However, practice has shown that ...
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Exploiting data from safety investigations and processes to assess performance of safety management
13 November 2016 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyThis paper presents an alternative way to use records from safety investigations as a means to support the evaluation of safety management (SM) aspects. Datasets from safety investigation reports and progress records ...
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Safety Culture Development: the Gap Between Industry Guidelines and Literature, and the Differences
8 September 2016 | Faculty of TechnologyReason’s typology of safety culture (i.e. Just, Informative, Learning, Flexible and Reporting cultures) is widely used in the industry and academia. Through literature review we developed a framework including ...
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Critical review of safety performance metrics
19 April 2016 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyVarious tools for safety performance measurement have been introduced in order to fulfil the need for safety monitoring in organisations, which is tightly related to their overall performance and achievement of their ...
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Combining Soft System Methodology and Pareto Analysis in Safety Management Performance Assessment
19 April 2016 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyAlthough reengineering is strategically advantageous for organisations in order to keep functional and sustainable, safety must remain a priority and respective efforts need to be maintained. This paper suggests the ...
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Using STPA in the evaluation of fighter pilots training programs
17 December 2015 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyThis paper presents how the application of the STPA method might support the evaluation of fighter pilots training programs and trigger procedural and technological changes. We applied the STPA method by considering ...
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Human Error Views: Measuring the Distance between Academia and Industry
3 December 2015 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyThe paper presents a framework that through structured analysis of accident reports explores the differences between practice and academic literature as well amongst organizations regarding their views on human error.
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Effects of Employment Costs and Task Load on Human Error
1 December 2015 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyMarket competition and global financial uncertainty have been the principal drivers that impel aviation companies to proceed to budget cuts, including decreases in salary and work force levels, in order to ensure ...
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The duration of automation bias in a realistic setting
30 September 2014 | Faculty of TechnologyWhereas in most studies conducted previously the effect of automation bias has been investigated in terms of an instantaneous decision, this study is aimed at quantifying its duration.
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An introduction of accidents’ classification based on their outcome control
30 September 2014 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyMost safety oriented organizations have established their accidents classification taking into account the magnitude of the combined adverse outcomes on humans, assets and the environment without considering the ...
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The automatic identification of unstable approaches from flight
28 July 2014The automatic identification of unstable approaches from flight data by Coumou, Hunink and de Boer. Unstable approaches have been identified as a major risk factor in approach and landing accidents and runway ...
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Ultrasonic verification of composite structures
8 July 2014Ultrasonic Verification is a new method for the monitoring large surface areas of CFRP by ultrasound with few sensors. The echo response of a transmitted pulse through the structure is compared with the response of ...