Description / Abstract:
SCOPE AND PURPOSE:
This Glossary is designed to serve persons who need to know the
accepted meanings, within specific contexts, of the terminology
used in reports, articles, regulations, and other materials dealing
with aviation safety - with particular reference to terms specific
to human factors in aviation safety. It is assumed that some users
of the Glossary will be familiar with the nomenclature of aviation,
but will need information on the language of human factors in
engineering as they apply to aviation safety. Others (for example,
engineers and psychologists) will have fairly extensive knowledge
of the terminology of their own and related disciplines, but will
need authoritative definitions of technical terms specific to
aviation.
Within the foregoing general framework, the following guidelines
for the inclusion of terms to be defined have been observed:
Aviation terms have been included insofar as they relate to
aviation safety. This means that many terms have been included that
refer to aviation rules, regulations, and procedures, and to
aviation-related technologies and equipment (especially electronic
instrumentation).
Aviation terms unrelated to aviation safety have been omitted.
No attempt has been made to include terms denoting equipment or
intrumentation specific to particular aircraft.
Aviation psychology and human factors terms have been included
insofar as they apply to, and appear in the literature dealing
with, aviation safety. Generally understood scientific and
statistical terms have been omitted except as they have specialized
applications to, or unique meanings in the context of, aviation
safety.
Terms referring to the metrics of physical parameters are
included if they are specific to human factors in aviation
safety.
For terms that have more than one meaning in different
disciplines or applications, or that are defined differently by
various authorities, the various definitions are given and the
applications of each are indicated.