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The Last Frontier in Aviation Safety

Steve Scott

Monday, September 10th, 2007

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Nick Sabatini, the Federal Aviation Administration's associate administrator for aviation safety, says "addressing the human element may well be one of the last frontiers in aviation safety." Speaking at the 19th FAA/ATA International Symposium on Human Factors in Maintenance and Ramp Safety, Orlando, FL, Sept. 5-6, 2007, the top U.S. aviation agency safety official said "We aviation safety professionals are in the business of risk management. As long as humans are involved, as long as we are defying gravity, as…

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