Issues Related to Effects of New Maintenance Concept on AF Specialists Working in the Field

Working Paper: DraftPDFTech ReportAir traffic control facilitiesHuman factorsPerformance evaluationsPerformance measurementRecruitingEducation and trainingMaintenanceUnited States. Federal Aviation AdministrationRoyal, J. W.Skinner, D.John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITYNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Human FactorsVolpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference CenterThis working paper was prepared by the Transportation Systems Center, Operatorperformance and Safety Analysis Division (DTS-45) for the Federal Aviation Administration. The paper provides initial thinking on groups of human resource issuesrelated to the effects of the new maintenance concept of AF specialists working in thefield.In addition to identifying issues, this working paper proposes tentative approaches tosolving problems associated with these issues. Clearly the focus of these issues is on Air Facilities (AF)specialists themselves, and hence onlyindirectly on the AF organization. As well, these issues are not concerned with the systems, facilities, or equipment of NAS involved in the new maintenance concept. Issues are identified which have the potential to affect the performance and productivity of AF specialists working in the field and hence theoverall efficiency of the new maintenance concept.Additional work is planned to turn this working paper into a formal proposal forcomprehensive study of the human resource issues identified which affect AFspecialists working in the field