First published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

'Aviation safety has been related to learning for decades. Human and technological considerations in safety must have a more balanced approach. This book explains how to relocate the role of technology in aviation.' Juan Carlos Lozano, IFALPA Accident Analysis Committee

'Timely, necessary, and outspoken - Sanchez-Alarcos Ballesteros' book explains how our way of learning to be safer may inherently retard our ability to learn more than we already know. He cogently lays out why we need to go beyond even more technology or even more regulations if we want to keep making progress on safety.' Sidney Dekker, Griffith University

'The author presents a sound analysis of how modern aviation systems progressed by relying primarily on complex technology and flawless regulation. While this learning model increases capabilities to manage expected events, it lacks the power to respond adequately to unforeseen ones, because trust in the abilities of the human operator has been relinquished. This is a book that should be read by decision makers in the airframe manufacturing and insurance industries.' Hans-Juergen Hoermann, German Aerospace Center (DLR)

'This book makes for fascinating reading for professionals interested in cognitive and educational psychology; human factors in aviation piloting; aircraft software design, development and usability; transportation safety, policy, economics, and ethics; business management; and organization development. Human factors/ergonomics professionals will be especially interested in this work because of applications to human-computer interaction, human-systems integration, human decision making and individual differences in dynamic environments, modeling/simulation, test/evaluation and training/development.' Ergonomics in Design, Winter 2010

Jose Sanchez-Alarcos Ballesteros holds a PhD in Sociology and is a Bachelor in Psychology. His doctoral dissertation was about the organizational dynamics under air safety and, since then, he has been very actively involved with human factors in aviation. Jose is a member of EAAP and a CREE certified practitioner, he has worked as an HF consultant and trainer for EASA, Airbus, Mitsubishi Aircraft, the Colombian Army, INAER, CAA Spain and Mexico, and many others. He as also served as an HF expert in accident investigations and, outside of the aviation field, in NPPs, nuclear waste installations, and maritime and railroad transportation.

Chapter I: Commercial Aviation: A General Picture. Chapter II: Event Analysis as an Improvement Tool. Chapter III: The changing role of Technology and People in Aviation. Chapter IV: People as alternative resource: Feasibility and requirements. Chapter V: Organizational Learning in Air Safety: The role of the different stakeholders. Chapter VI: The engine for Organizational Learning: Where it is and where it should be. Chapter VII: The Future of Improvements in Air Safety. Chapter VIII: Conclusions.