Aeronautical Terms beginning with H

Hazard

A present condition, event, object, or circumstance that could lead to or contribute to an unplanned or undesired event, such as an accident.

Human Behavior

The product of factors that cause people to act in predictable ways.

Human Factors

A multidisciplinary field devoted to optimizing human performance and reducing human error. It incorporates the methods and principles of the behavioral and social sciences, engineering, and physiology. It may be described as the applied science which studies people working together in concert with machines. Human factors involve variables that influence individual performance, as well as team or crew performance.