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A Comparative Study on the Perception of Safety Culture of Airline Flight Crew in Korea (국내 항공사 운항승무원 안전문화 인식도 비교 연구)

  • Hyeon Deok Kim
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.103-108
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    • 2024
  • Despite the development of the aviation industry, aircraft accidents caused by human errors by flight crews continue to occur. In order to reduce such human error accidents, it is important to strengthen flight-related regulations and establish a safety culture in which pilots themselves seek to ensure flight safety, rather than requiring flight crew members to follow them. In this study, the sub-concept of safety culture was classified into three latent variables (safety management, safety atmosphere, and process culture) and eight measured variables to investigate the safety culture awareness of domestic flight crew. The survey results were analyzed by type of airline and flight crew. The purpose of this study is to present a plan to improve the performance of revitalizing the safety culture of domestic flight crew through an empirical comparative analysis according to the number of flight hours and years of service at the airline.

The Relationship between Flight Crew's Individual Cultural Values and Crew Resource Management(CRM) Performance: Psychological Safety as a Moderator (민간항공조종사의 개인문화가치와 CRM수행의 관계 : 심리적 안전감의 조절효과)

  • Lee, Dongsik;Kim, Sinae;Sohn, Young Woo
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.1-23
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    • 2017
  • Organizational culture among flight crews has a profound impact on the individual attitude and behavior of member flight crews, and active training is conducted focusing on improving flight crews' Crew Resource Management(CRM) performance. However, adequate research and training on the relationships between flight crew's individual culture and CRM performance have not been conducted. Hence, this study examined the effect of individual cultural values on CRM performance and the moderation effect of psychological safety, with captains and first officers working for commercial airlines as participants. For the factors related to individual cultural value scale, power distance had no significant effect on CRM performance, uncertainty avoidance had a significant negative effect, and individualism had a significant positive effect. With regard to the moderation effect of psychological safety on the relationships between individual cultural values and CRM performance, a significant interaction was found between power distance and CRM performance, but not between uncertainty avoidance and CRM performance, or between individualism and CRM performance. Power distance and CRM performance exhibited a strong negative correlation in case of low psychological safety. Compared to existing research measuring the cultural characteristics of pilot groups on a national or organizational culture level, this study is uniquely valuable in that it also covers the relationship between individual cultural values of commercial airline flight crews and CRM performance.

A Safety Culture's Effect on Safety Behavior of Airline Flight Crews in Korea (국내 항공사 운항승무원의 안전문화가 안전행동에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim Hyeon Deok;Choi Youn Chul
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.27 no.6
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    • pp.746-754
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    • 2023
  • Aircraft accidents are characterized by a low probability of survival compared to other means of transportation, and the main causes appear to be human factors such as violation of regulations and communication. In order to activate the safety management system to prevent such accidents, an important key variable is to recognize the importance of safety culture and actively engage in safety behavior rather than simply emphasizing compliance with regulations to flight crew members. Even if there are well-established regulations, safety culture, The effectiveness varies depending on the safety atmosphere and level of safety behavior. In this study, the correlation between safety culture and safety behavior was verified through a survey of domestic flight crew members' awareness of safety culture. The results showed that fair culture and self-reporting were not activated enough to have a significant impact on safety behavior. We aim to improve the performance of the safety management system by confirming the characteristics of safety culture and safety behavior.

Comparative of Safety Culture Perceptions of European and Korean Airline Flight Crews (유럽과 국내 항공사 운항승무원의 안전문화 인식도 비교)

  • Kim Hyeon-deok
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.346-350
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    • 2023
  • The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) introduced a safety management system in the aviation sector for aviation safety and mandated the implementation of safety management systems and national safety programs. The activation of the airline's safety management system is not just a requirement for organizational members to create and comply with necessary regulations, but a safety culture to promote and improve flight safety must be established within the organization. Therefore, the safety culture of airlines acts as a major key variable in the safety management system that directly affects safety performance. This study compared the data from the European pilot safety culture awareness, which was the basic data of the survey, with statistics on the safety culture awareness of domestic flight attendants to analyze the differences in safety culture between the two groups.

Effects of Job Stress and Hazard Factors on Pilot Safety Behavior (비행안전 위해(Hazard)요인이 조종사의 안전행동에 미치는 영향)

  • Dong-ryeol Lee;Hyeon-deok Kim
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.87-94
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    • 2024
  • Despite the development of the aviation industry, aircraft accidents due to pilots' human errors continue to occur. The cause of aircraft accidents due to human errors is that they cannot remove hazard factors that hinder flight safety in advance, leading to accidents. This study examined how job stress, fatigue, and anxiety, which psychologically and physically affect flight safety among various hazard factors, affect pilots' safety behavior for flight crew and pilots of general aviation working in domestic airlines. In addition, an empirical analysis was conducted to confirm the mediating effect of safety culture between job stress and safety behavior. According to the results of the study, job stress not only directly affects the safety behavior of pilots, but also affects the safety culture of airlines such as safety atmosphere and reporting culture. The purpose of this study is to improve the performance of the safety management system through the correlation between the pilot's job stress and safety culture and safety behavior.

A Study on Improvement of Just Safety Culture in Aviation Maintenance (항공정비 분야의 공정한 안전문화 개선방안에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Chun-Yong
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.84-90
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    • 2012
  • Aviation Maintenance Technician(AMT)'s error is not directly link to deficiency which is differ to flight crew's error and it potentially maintains. Due to it usually occur as undesired aircraft state, hazards, like unreported maintenance error or near miss fortunately undetected and are not develop to accident. This could be a crucial influence of an accident occurrence. To remove these hazards, just safety culture should be support that anyone can report about safety problems and person who reported safety problems and hazards like near miss, should not get disadvantages. Also if it is satisfied, they must exempt for punishment and guaranteed for security. Hence, on this study, aviation maintenance site's just culture need to be researched and analysed about improvement for aviation maintenance field's positive just culture.

A Study on the Perception of Safety Program (안전프로그램(Safety Program) 및 안전문화(Safety Culture)에 대한 조사)

  • Gil, Ho Seong;Lee, Hak Bong;Song, Byung Heum
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.82-89
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    • 2019
  • There are many ways to identify airline's perception of the safety program and safety culture. In particular, various studies are under way to measure airline safety culture and safety awareness of airline employees. Often, survey methods are used a lot, but there is a limit to understanding the complex and diverse aviation culture through surveys alone. Nevertheless, the Air Safety Management System (SMS) of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) emphasizes the importance of safety surveys as a means of ensuring awareness of safety culture. The safety surveys is effective in identifying and providing awareness of the relationship between employees and the Air Safety Program (SMS, Safety Management and Safety Culture aspects). In this study, we conducted a survey of Z Airlines flight attendants and cabin crew to compare their perception of safety programs and culture, and based on this survey, we would like to compare and analyze simple safety culture measurements and safety awareness.

Development of Airline EBT Program Model (항공사 EBT 프로그램 모델 개발)

  • Jihun Choi;Sung-yeob Kim;Hyeon-deok, Kim
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.27 no.5
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    • pp.528-533
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    • 2023
  • Airlines tried to introduce training programs in connection with practical work in order to provide more effective education and training. To this end, airlines have been conducting evidence-based training(EBT) to strengthen the practical capabilities of aviation personnel and enhance safety culture. Airlines can systematically evaluate the capabilities and practical capabilities of aviation personnel by analyzing operational data and case studies for effective EBT model development. In addition, EBT models can be constructed by applying technical methods such as crew resource management (CRM) and a holistic approach that includes human factors. Due to the introduction of EBT, airlines will establish diagnostic and feedback systems for pilots' practical work, provide personalized education, and establish an education and training system that verifies the effectiveness of education through educational outcomes.

The Effects of Leadership Experience on Civil Aviation CRM Skill Acquisition by New Commercial Airline Pilots Having Military Fighter Pilot Careers (군(軍) 전투기 경력 신입 민항조종사 리더십 경험이 민간항공 CRM Skill 습득에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Jang Ryong
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.27-40
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    • 2020
  • Flight safety in modern commercial aircraft depends on the ability of pilots to manage overall flight operations. ICAO has made it mandatory for airlines to adhere to Crew Resource Management(CRM) policies to reduce operational safety threats. CRM is a set of techniques designed to effectively manage the human resources, aircraft, and environmental factors in order to promote safety and enhance efficient air operations. When looking at the career backgrounds of new pilots joining the Republic of Korea's commercial airlines, discharged military fighter pilots represent the largest demographic. Fighter pilots are experienced in empowering leadership and directive leadership from their military training and culture. New commercial airline pilots with military fighter pilot training should effectively acquire the required civil aviation CRM skills. The present study has been carried out to determine how the leadership experience of this demographic affects the acquisition of CRM skills for commercial airlines, and it confirms that there is a positive correlation.

The Effects of Leadership on the Cockpit Culture in Commercial Airlines (리더십이 민간항공 조종실 문화에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Young-Kil;Byeon, Soon-cheol
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.25 no.5
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    • pp.344-356
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    • 2021
  • In the field of civil aviation in Korea, inappropriate crew resources management(CRM) constantly occurs between captains and first officers during flight. Therefore, the active role of first officers is emphasized in pilot training for CRM, threat & error management(TEM), safety management system(SMS), fatigue risk management system(FRMS), and training in simulators. Thus, it is urgent for captains to change their transformational leadership to emotional leadership, advantages of which include horizontal interpersonal relationship, open-mindedness, leading by example, considerateness, mutual respect, and using informal language. For the direction to improve 'the cockpit culture' in civil aviation, the key idea of the current thesis paper is the influence of captains' transformational and emotional leadership on the emotions of first officers.