Transport And Communications

Transport And Communications 2016, 4(1):17-21 | DOI: 10.26552/tac.C.2016.1.4

The role of human element in aviation safety

Justyna Reut¹, Jacek Caban², Bożena Widzicka¹

¹ Faculty of Production Engineering, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 20-612 Lublin, 28 Głęboka Street, Poland

² Department of Transporting and Agricultural Machinery, Faculty of Production Engineering, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 20-612 Lublin, 28 Głęboka Street, Poland

Each industry is characterized that without human factor will not be able to function. This also applies to aviation, which focuses mainly on human labour. This sense of security what provides staff workers, on what the shoulders are the duty of care not to create a hazard before, during and after the flight. On the civil and military airports they employ staff not only flying but also ground handling. These include: auditors, managers flights, technicians, ground handling runway and apron, cargo department employees, firefighters and other emergency services, personnel service to passengers in the terminals, customs, security, and even people like hawkers, law enforcement officers, managers and managers of the various sectors. Each of these professions is responsible for a different aspect of the airport, and is necessary for the proper conduct of flight operations and passenger services and ensuring security. In the largest airports with lots of terminals with dense air traffic performance characteristics of employed people, the variety of tasks, and thus the level of complexity of the operation resemble a small town. In order for it to function efficiently is all you need is a good organization, through which cooperation between all departments of work is smooth and provides quick action in dangerous situations. Each employee should know their role and perform the desired function best, so to fill up the board and the workforce to reliably performed its duties and to the performance of their work brought economic profits.

Keywords: aviation safety, human factors, transport management

JEL classification: L93

Published: March 30, 2016  Show citation