1.
Is there anything fundamentally different between operational errors and
maintenance errors. That is, can errors from the two different sources be combined, at
least in theory?
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No, there isn't an
actual
underlying distinction among operating and maintenance
failures. There is no distinction amongst mistakes made by
flight crew members and
maintainers, according to the examination of human error and all the different sources
of it in this chapter.
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2.
Are the general error categories used in MEDA unique to the maintenance domain?
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No, the MEDA organization does a great job of addressing the most frequent kinds of
problems in the world
of maintenance, however numerous of
identical mistakes
frequently happen in the world of operations. Certainly, the individual source of the
problems will vary throughout operations and maintenance. For instance, it is an
operable configuration since it is unlikely that personnel of the flight crew will forget
to reestablish a flight control system. After all, crew members don't maintain their
flight control system's internal operations.
Yet, flight crews frequently adjust the
preferences of different flight control surfaces, such as flaps, to ensure that they
have been adjusted adequately for a certain flying system, including departure.
Having their trim or flaps in the wrong operating setting is the operational
counterpart of placing the aircraft's flight control system in the wrong setting (a
maintenance fault).
3.
Is there a candidate error classification system that will work for maintenance an
operational error?
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A excellent option for an error identification system that will function throughout
maintenance and operations includes the combination of
the MEDA/HFACS error
classification system.
4.
Do you lose any value by embedding maintenance errors in a larger error category
framework?
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No significance is lost if maintenance mistakes are included into the MEDA/HFACS
system. By giving researchers access to a shared error database that includes
maintenance and operations, you expect to benefit significantly. A integrated
system's more expansive coverage is beneficial for identifying error trends while
implementing aggressive changes to reduce the likelihood of mistakes in the years to
come.
