Human Factors in the Aviation Industry The aviation industry has grown into a billion-dollar business since its first flight in 1903. More than 1, 6 billion customers use the world's commercial airlines for business and leisure travel each year, and more than 40% of global trade goods are transported by aircraft. The aviation industry is responsible for approximately 28 million jobs, directly or indirectly, worldwide (Michael, 2009). Since mid-century, many public and private companies have worked hard to reduce the accident rate in aviation, which has produced outstanding results. security levels. Sure, the overall accident rate has dropped significantly over the years; Unfortunately, the decrease in accidents related to human error in the aviation sector has not managed to match the decrease in disasters due to environmental and mechanical causes. Honestly, humans have been an increasing cause of both military and commercial accidents as automated equipment has become more reliable (Michael, 2009). Human beings, by our very nature, make errors or mistakes; For this reason, it is not surprising that human fault has been implicated in a number of industrial accidents, including approximately 80% of human errors in aviation. In reality, although the number of aviation accidents related to automated failures has decreased significantly over the past 40 years; those related to human error have declined at a much slower rate (Shappell & Wiegmann, 2003). After such findings, it would appear that interventions aimed at reducing the frequency or magnitude of human errors have not been as productive as those aimed at automated or mechanical failures. Evidently, if we want to further reduce accidents, greater importance must be given... half of the document ......11). Works Cited Anca, JM 2013. “Safety Management and Human Factors” Retrieved from www. ashgate.com"The Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS)," Approach, July - August 2004 Accessed February 27, 2014 Retrieved from http://hfs.sagepub.com/HFACS Analysis of Military and Civilian Aviation Accidents: A North American Comparison. ISASI, 2004 Retrieved from http://hfs.sagepub.com/Matthews, Gerald. 2012 “The handbook of operator fatigue” Retrieved from www.ashgate.comMichael, HM 2009. “Aviation and Safety” Retrieved from http://www.oig.dot.gov/Reason, James, 2011 “Human Error” Retrieved from http ://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Shappell, S.A. & Wiegmann, D.A. 2003 “An approach to human error in the analysis of air accidents: the human factors analysis and classification system" Retrieved from http://www.errorsolutions.com/