The HF FAA

WELCOME TO THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE HUMAN FACTORS WEB PORTAL

Welcome to the FAA's Aircraft Maintenance Human Factors Web Portal. The original hfskyway.gov was launched in 1995 and has evolved to this new site. It offers document access and services, including most of the documents dating back to the 1988 start of FAA's maintenance human factors R&D program. New documents include videos, PowerPoint presentations, and other media. Please let us know how this new site works for you as we continue to add materials.

- Dr. Bill Johnson
Chief Scientific and Technical Advisor for Human Factors in A/C MX Systems
Federal Aviation Administration

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MX HF Presentation System

A tool to help explain what human factors is, its value to the maintenance process, and how it can be effectively applied in the maintenance environment.

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Installation Help

Video Library

Select Video from dropdown and click on play button.

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Quick Picks - Most Requested Topics

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How to Use the Site ...

You can access all the information on this website through the use of FILE TABS such as the “Find Info” tab

found near the top of the page. When you click on a tab additional tabs (sub-tabs) will be made available for your selection that will refine your search for information. These tabs and sub-tabs are your doors to all the resources in the site. Use the WEBSITE HELP tab to learn more about the site and how to use it.

MX Website Updates

Our new website will continue to evolve and be refined to improve its usability and effectiveness. This information box will identify the changes made.

Review Changes (9/1/2009)

Feedback

Tell us what you think about our Web application. Use this form to give us your feedback or report any problems you experienced finding information on our Website. Your feedback is important to us to continue to make the Human Factor Maintenance Web application the best resource for our members and the public ..............Feedback

Finding Information

There is a great deal of information in this site’s database. To find what you need, select the “Search for Information” sub-tab under the “Find Info” tab. This will present a set of search boxes which can be used to describe what you need. The search results will present all documents in the library pertaining to your request. Note: Some of the document titles are not descriptive of their content, but these documents do contain the information you requested on the search page. Open the document to see if it is something you need. This function will become more effective in the future.

A second approach is to select the “Find Info” tab and see if any of the sub-tabs identify the specific type of information for which you are looking.

MX News/Announcements

FATIGUE AWARENESS CALENDARS
The 2010 calendar for aviation maintenance technicians is focused on fatigue survival. It outlines 12 issues that can influence fatigue and what you can do both on and off the job to protect yourself against fatigue. If you would like to request a number of calendars for your organization, please contact your local FAASTeam Program Manager (FPM) and make your request to them. You can identify your FPM by going to FAASafety.gov, then to the "Directory" where you can search for the appropriate person to contact. Those outside the US should send their request to Phil Randall via email at phil.randall@faa.gov.

MX Fatigue Newsletter

The Maintenance Fatigue Focus newsletter is written by maintenance labor representatives, airline representatives, scientists, government researchers, and international specialists identifying near-term solutions/interventions and ultimately the best practices in managing fatigue in aviation maintenance.

New Sept '09 Release: FAA MX HF Guide Document "A Practical Guide to Maintenance ASAP Programs". See the announcement on the home page. You can view and/or download the document.

New MX article: Human Factors: Beyond the Dirt Dozen

Flight Standards releases The Maintenance Human Factors Presentation System. See Attached article from CAT.
Order DVD of Presentation System by sending E-Mail to: AAM520-MMPI-2@faa.gov

CAT Article Link
Link to Presentation System On Website

MX HF Upcoming Events

The “21st FAA/ATA International Symposium on Human Factors in Maintenance and Ramp Safety",

San Diego, California,

September 2-3, 2009

was a great success.

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presentations from the symposium :

operations and safety events

MX Human Factors Links

World Class Action Plan

Your Input Requested

Dr. Bill Johnson, FAA’s Chief Scientific and Technical Advisor for Human Factors in A/C MX Systems, is requesting that you review and contribute to his list of Critical Characteristics of a World Class MX Human Factors Program. Click on the Following links to:
See Characteristics List
Send Your Input To List
Read the Background Paper

Document Library

MX human factors documents are available on the DOCUMENTS LIBRARY SubTab of the FIND INFO tab above. Access to these documents will improve as we continue to improve our indexing and adding better search tools. You can browse file folders for documents, but for now it suggested that you enter info in the search box to retrieve docs. Go to the WEBSITE HELP tab for complete searching instructions.

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