Is our current certification process a threat to safety innovation?

Title

Is our current certification process a threat to safety innovation?

 Author

Huijbrechts, Erik-Jan A. M. (KLM Royal Dutch Airlines)
van Paassen, M.M. (TU Delft Control & Simulation) ORCID 0000-0003-4700-1222

 Date

2021

 Abstract

Certification is an important process in the aviation industry. The certified status of aircraft, aircraft equipment and procedures is often regarded as a guarantee for safety. However, if shortcomings emerge during operation, this certified status can prevent improvement of the design. In addition, to develop and certify new equipment, it is often easier to modify existing, certified equipment than have a full certification of a new system. Doing so, safety problems may be overlooked. In this paper, a link is made between the certification process and organizational safety of both manufacturers of aircraft or aircraft equipment and airline companies.

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 Source

21st International Symposium on Aviation Psychology

 Event

21st International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, 2021-05-18 → 2021-05-21, Virtual/online event , , United States

 Part of collection

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 Document type

conference paper

 Rights

© 2021 Erik-Jan A. M. Huijbrechts, M.M. van Paassen
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