The Federal Aviation Administration Tuesday announced the debut of an online training program on the importance of "human factors." The Web Course consists of 10 self-guided lessons about the role ...

A Hidden Threat Across All Aviation RolesMorris Plains, NJ, Nov. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A flight experiences a partial ...

(December 2011) Three and a half years ago I wrote about the Mitsubishi MU-2 controversy (“Dangerous Airplanes or Dangerous Pilots?” — May 2008). For much of its life, the MU-2 had the unenviable ...

WASHINGTON—A bipartisan U.S. Senate bill targeting FAA certification improvements places substantial emphasis on human-factors research and funding, echoing several reports produced in the wake of the ...

Human factors knowledge is about the relationship and interaction between humans, machines, procedures, and the environment. Human factors knowledge is about the relationship and interaction between ...

(January 2012) Last month I reported the exciting news that the training required by the FAA SFAR issued in 2006 succeeded in turning the MU-2, an airplane that had been at the bottom of the accident ...

The US FAA is proposing to close a human factors loophole in the regulations governing the certification of transport category aircraft with increasingly advanced-technology integrated flight decks.

Looking for help with communication skills? The FAA Human Factors Guide for Aviation Maintenance and Inspection has a whole section devoted to improving communication for technicians. Included at the ...