Climate survey analysis of aviation maintenance safety
By: Robert H. Baker
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
Description: Naval Aviation has been challenged to cut its 1996 human factors related Class A flight mishap rate in half by      the year 2000. Investigations show that human caused flight mishaps have not declined as rapidly as mechanical      ones. From fiscal year 1990 through 1997, maintenance was a causal factor in 17 percent of Class A flight      mishaps. Presently, there is an ongoing effort to identify factors contributing to human error in aviation      maintenance. One major component is the development of an instrument to assess safety climate and posture in      maintenance operations. This thesis is the climate safety assessment portion of this effort. It utilizes and adapts      an existing Model of Organizational Safety Effectiveness (MOSE) to achieve an understanding of the possible      influences of organizational factors on aviation maintenance. This thesis develops and administers a prototype      Maintenance Climate Assessment Survey (MCAS) that provides a tool for assessing safety in maintenance      operations. The study has 268 participants from three Reserve squadrons that represent the spectrum of      aviation communities. The prototype MCAS is comprised of 67 questions developed from 155 candidate      questions. Each question uses a Likert type rating scale, which allows participants to express opinions for each      item presented. Cluster and Factor analysis is used to identify redundancies between items and how items      clustered according to the MOSE components. The product of this study is a finalized MCAS with 35      questions that can be used by the Squadron command and Aviation Safety Officer to assess their unit's safety      posture in conducting scheduled/unscheduled maintenance operations.
Notes: "September 1998."

Thesis advisor(s): Robert R. Read, John K. Schmidt.

Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research) Naval Postgraduate School, September 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-82)

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dk/dk cc:9116 12/3/98.