Psychology in My Life. Career: Aircraft Maintenance Management

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Psychology in Life
Air maintenance management involves managing the repair, service, and overall maintenance of the aircraft and aircraft engines. Such procedures are crucial and require high levels of safety. Since aviation safety relies heavily on the maintenance, mistakes in my line of work can contribute to huge proportions of aviation accidents. In most cases, errors in maintenance involve missing parts or incorrect installation of parts, and failure to conduct necessary checks. Unlike other errors in aviation, mistakes done by aviation maintenance teams are harder to detect and yield devastating results. Coping with such problems will require me to deal with a set of unintentional human errors referred to as a human factor. These include conditions such as fatigue, stress, and complacency which are common to individuals in my career, since it contributes to more than 80 percent of aviation maintenance errors. Since these conditions are associated with mental health, applying certain psychological concepts can help me cope with the factors and eventually avoid errors in aviation maintenance.
The first psychological concept useful in my career is the circadian cycles. Morris and Maisto (41) explain that over the day, a person’s metabolism, stomach acidity, blood pressure, levels of hormones, alertness and body temperature vary predictably. Although the patterns vary among individuals, every individual experiences shifts in these patterns. An important aspect of the concept of circadian cycles is circadian rhythms. Humans are more alert at the peak of the late morning hours because of the high levels of epinephrine. Understanding this biological clock is important in my career since it will enable me to synchronize my body’s reaction during different times of the day, with my tasks. The synchronization is important for two reasons. First, it will be useful in helping me avoid health problems associated with altered hormonal function and impaired cognitive function which is crucial in my line of work. As earlier stated, one of the key causes of aircraft accidents is caused by errors in maintenance. Mistakes such as missing parts and failure to effectively conduct system checks can be associated with cognitive performance and neuropsychological processes including attention. Failure to be attentive when managing the maintenance team reduces the chances of detecting even the slightest mistake done by the team, and this could be devastating. Secondly, understanding the circadian rhythms will help in arraign my tasks throughout the day. Since my body and brain are most active in the morning, due to the high epinephrine produced, I will schedule crucial tasks in the morning. These tasks can include system checks and maintenance of aircrafts that are scheduled to fly in the day. Doing so will help red...