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WO1 (ASM) Adam LawleyIEng IMechE
Military Aviation
Authority
Failure to follow procedures
Why do maintainers do it?
What can the regulator do about it?
5 Examples of Failure to Follow Procedure
Army – AH64
Army – AH64
RAF – Sea King
Army – Lynx Mk9A
Army - Wildcat
All the same task – inflating a tyre
24 February 2012 – Wattisham Airfield
06 September 2013 – Wattisham Airfield
24 July 2015 – RNAS Yeovilton
13 October 2015 – RAF Odiham
19 September 2016 – Kenya
Why did these maintainers Fail to Follow
Procedures?
• Lack of training
• Cultural ‘Norm’
• Perceived pressures
• Perceived pressures
• Cultural ‘Norm’
• Perceived pressures
• Lack of training
• Perceived pressures
What can the regulator do about it?
• Training Regulations
• Use of correct ADS
• Human Factors training
Training Regulations
Phase 1 – Initial training in the basic military skills required by all
Service personnel.
Phase 2 – Initial specialist training that prepares Service personnel for
their first employment (eg Basic Aircraft Engineering training).
Phase 3 – Training that prepares Service personnel for further
employment with an increased skill base and/or responsibility. It also
encompasses training to meet career aspirations and professional
development
(eg equipment courses, engine operator training).
Use of correct ADS
• Reading correct procedures
Human Factors Training
All relevant DAE personnel should receive
Foundation level HF and Error Management (EM)
training, thereafter, those relevant personnel in
DAE assignments should receive HF and EM
continuation training every 2 years.
Human Factors Training
• Addressing units current HF issues
• No more than 15 people and last approximately
3 hours.
• Good facilitators
Failure to follow procedures
Why do maintainers do it?
What can the regulator do about it?