Even if the perception of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) is that they are becoming more autonomous, people are still a key part of the system and ensuring they are taking account of Human Factors implications and feel they are working in a Just Culture is essential.
FEEDBACK is CHIRP’s regular publication that seeks to communicate the occurrences we are informed about, draw some lessons, and pass them on to flyers who might benefit. In doing so, CHIRP Drone Feedback Edition 6 reviews a number of UAS accidents/incidents and offers thoughts on the Human Factors aspects – we hope you find them useful.
So, what sort of reports have we seen and are there any trends emerging since the issue of FEEDBACK Edition 5?
Well, we have seen a majority of Human Factors reports of course, but we have now received our first Just Culture report, which we are currently working on. Whilst we do not review it in this issue, we are hoping we can report in full in the next issue of FEEDBACK which will be issued around March / April of 2023. Even if the perception of RPAS is they are becoming more autonomous, people are still a key part of the system and ensuring they are taking account of Human Factors implications and feel they are working in a Just Culture is essential
Rupert Dent, ARPAS-UK Director Policy & Regulations AND CHIRP UAS Programme Manager
19 December 2022