Anticipating the Need for New Skills for the Future Aerospace and Aviation Professionals

Lappas, Ilias; Kourousis, Kyriakos I.

doi:10.5028/jatm.v8i2.616

Cited by 13 publications

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“…Regarding the required skill set, there is an observed, important mismatch between the education providers and their customers. While 74% of universities believe that their graduates are adequately prepared for entry level positions, only 35% of employers and 38% of students think so ( Lappas and Kourousis, 2016 ). As long as universities fail to acknowledge and improve their shortcomings in practice-oriented education, the pathways towards a better education are blocked.…”

Section: Educational Challengesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Technological and educational challenges towards pandemic-resilient aviation

2021

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While COVID-19 has devastating effects on aviation, several recent studies have highlighted the potential of the pandemic-induced break for rethinking air transportation, hopefully orchestrating changes towards the construction of a more pandemic-resilient aviation system. Here, pandemic-resilient means that aviation stakeholders can sustain the impact of an epidemic or pandemic outbreak through a more informed reallocation of their resources and more collaborative decision making, while being able to minimize the impacts of external events. Our study contributes to the literature by discussing the challenges associated with technological innovation and education of aviation professionals, on the way towards pandemic-resilient aviation. We discuss issues surrounding technologies for smarter aircraft, smarter airports, and smarter airlines. While technology ensures long-term competitiveness and sustainability, an often-ignored source of challenges are human resources and education. COVID-19 has uncovered and magnified the effects of severe concerns with the current aviation education system, which need to be solved by extended skill sets, modern technology, and better career perspectives. Without properly addressing these technological and educational challenges, the aviation industry likely misses an distinct opportunity for restructuring towards pandemic-resilient aviation.

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Section: Educational Challengesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The skill set required for future aviation graduates is tightly connected to the inherent transformation of the industry ( Lappas and Kourousis, 2016 ). COVID-19 has shed light on several skills which might turn out critical for the future work force, in order to obtain pandemic-resilient aviation.…”

Section: Educational Challengesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Technological and educational challenges towards pandemic-resilient aviation

2021

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“…According to the FAA, MRM can also act as a training programme, as it aims to alter the technicians' attitude and perspectives in order to establish safety as their primary goal (Robertson 2005). As regularly reported in the literature, training in aviation is important and it acts beneficiary, while its design, delivery and implementation needs to be tailored to the needs of the organisation (Lappas and Kourousis, 2016;Salas et al, 2012;Taylor and Thomas, 2003). Consequently, aircraft maintenance managers should consider the training process as a proactive safety measure and actively support MRM training.…”

Section: Qualitative Scenario Analysis Results and Discussionmentioning

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The airbus A320 family fan cowl door safety modification: a human factors scenario analysis

Kourousis

Chatzi

Giannopoulos

2018

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Purpose-The Airbus A320 family engine fan cowl doors safety issue is known to the industry for almost 18 years, however it has not been addressed adequately by the aircraft manufacturer and the various operators and regulating authorities. This brief case study paper examines in a systematic way the possible operational and safety implications of a new modification on the engine fan cowl doors. Design/methodology/approach-An array of error-prone scenarios are presented and analysed under the prism of human factors in a non-exhaustive qualitative scenario analysis. Findings-All examined scenarios are considered more or less probable. A number of accident prevention solutions are proposed for each of the scenario examined, in view of the acceptance and implementation of this modification by operators. Research limitations/implications-Since these scenarios are neither exhaustive, nor have been tested/validated in actual aircraft maintenance practice further analysis is necessary. A substantial follow up survey should take place, which should include a wider array of scenarios. This would allow obtaining the necessary data for a quantitative (statistical) analysis. Practical implications-This case study identifies issues in relation to this modification, introduced by Airbus and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), which may prove problematic from the point of view of safety effectiveness and disruption of operations. Originality/value-This case study examines a long-standing aviation safety issue and the implications of a solution proposed by the aircraft manufacturer and adopted by EASA. This can be useful in increasing the awareness around these issues and highlight the importance of a human-centric and scenario-based design of engineering modifications towards minimising error in aircraft technical operations.

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“…Additionally, aircraft maintenance is a fast-paced job. Aircraft maintenance will continue to evolve in the future (Lappas and Kourousis 2016). This is because of the introduction of new aircraft designs and materials, as well as the interaction of sophisticated advanced technologies, such as mission control computers, fly-by-wire systems, structured fuel control systems, and scheduled maintenance systems, such as hydraulics, flight controls, and propellers or blades systems.…”

Section: Aviation Maintenance Tasksmentioning

confidence: 99%

Skills Assessment Criteria for Aircraft Maintenance Technician in the Context of Industrial Revolution 4.0

Thulasy

Nohuddin

Nusyirwan

et al. 2022

J. Aerosp. Technol. Manag.

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Professional certification is required for aircraft maintenance technicians in order to undertake sophisticated maintenance tasks that need a wide set of skills and competencies. Due to the increasing demand for workforce preparedness for Industrial Revolution 4.0, numerous publications stress only a subset of aircraft maintenance skills criteria in their skills assessment curriculum. The purpose of this paper is to review previous research publications on skill and competency evaluation in the aircraft maintenance industry in order to develop a comprehensive set of skill and competency assessment criteria through a systematic review of the literature. It applies the PRISMA approach in selecting and evaluating the included articles. The papers were retrieved from five journal databases using a set of Boolean search terms related. The filtered fifteen articles are systematically reviewed for talent evaluation criteria applicable to the aircraft maintenance work scope in order to deal with the Industrial Revolution 4.0 (IR4.0). Certain articles concentrate on a subset of assessment criteria for enhancing and tracking critical skills assessment criteria for the aircraft maintenance workforce, rather than on IR4.0 skill standards specifically. This paper summarizes seven skill criteria gathered in order to develop a comprehensive skill assessment framework for aircraft maintenance workforce.

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Anticipating the Need for New Skills for the Future Aerospace and Aviation Professionals

Cited by 13 publications

References 7 publications

Technological and educational challenges towards pandemic-resilient aviation

Technological and educational challenges towards pandemic-resilient aviation

The airbus A320 family fan cowl door safety modification: a human factors scenario analysis

Skills Assessment Criteria for Aircraft Maintenance Technician in the Context of Industrial Revolution 4.0

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