Aviation Safety Management

Effect of aviation on condition Some conditions associated with Aviation can exacerbate the symptoms of people suffering from, or with a history of, depression and/or anxiety. These include: fatigue sleep deprivation time zone changes stressful events social isolation irregular access to medical care and surveillance remote locations. Effect of condition on aviation Depressive episodes during Aviation can lead to either overt or subtle incapacitation. They include: Overt incapacitation suicidality psychosis of major depression development of other chronic diseases or conditions like anxiety and substance use. Subtle incapacitation reduced concentration and memory impaired cognition. Effect of treatment on aviation Some medications used to treat depression and anxiety can impair aviation by causing the following symptoms: impaired cognition sedation nausea disequilibrium (lack of balance) impaired sleep

                While we all feel sad, moody or low from time to time, some people experience these feelings intensely, for long periods of time (weeks, months or even years) and sometimes without any apparent reason. Depression is more than just a low mood - it's a serious illness that has an impact on both physical and mental health.                Research suggests that continuing difficulties - long-term unemployment, living in an abusive or uncaring relationship, long-term isolation or loneliness, prolonged exposure to stress at work - are more likely to cause depression than recent life stresses. However, recent events (such as losing a job) or a combination of events can ‘trigger' depression in people who are already at risk because of past bad experiences or personal factors                Depression affects how people feel about themselves. They may lose...

Violation : a deliberate act of willful misconduct or omission resulting in a deviation from established regulations, procedures, norms or practices. Nonetheless, non-compliance is not necessarily the result of a violation as deviations from regulatory requirements or operating procedures may be a result of an error. To further complicate the issue, while violations are intentional acts, they are not always acts of malicious intent. Individuals may knowingly deviate from norms, in the belief that the violation facilitates mission achievement without creating adverse consequences. Violations of this nature are errors in judgement and may not automatically result in disciplinary measures depending on the policies in place. Violations of this type can be categorized as follows:        Situational violations are committed in response to factors experienced in a specific context, such as time pressure or high workload.        Routine ...

   “SHEL” model  : The component blocks of the SHEL model : Software, Hardware, Environment, Liveware). The  interpretations are: liveware (human), hardware (machine), software (procedures, symbology, etc.) and environment.                                   Liveware (the human)  is at the centre of the model. Human is generally considered  the most critical as well as the most flexible component in the system. Yet people are subject to considerable variations in performance and suffer many limitations, most of which are now predictable in general terms. The edges of this block are jagged, and so the other components of the system must be carefully matched with them if stress in the system and eventual breakdown are to be avoided.  Physical size and shape. In the design of workplace and equipment, a vital consideration involves body measurements and moveme...