Management of Labor Potential of Aviation Personnel

Abstract

The article is aimed at studying the factors that determine the personnel management system of air transport workers; a substantiation of the characteristics of the labor potential of an aviation employee; development of proposals for the management of the «crew – aircraft» system. Analyzing, systematizing and summarizing the regulatory framework and achievements of scientific thought, the administrative and legal status of aviation personnel and characteristics of their labor potential were determined. As a result of the study, a comprehensive model of characteristics of the labor potential of an employee has been developed, which includes the main components of the characteristics of the labor potential and indicators for their assessment. It is substantiated that it is expedient to approach the analysis of the issue of employee’s labor potential comprehensively and consider it as a «strategic labor potential», which is a set of the natural, genetically incorporated human abilities (start-up human capital) and the abilities acquired during life (acquired human capital). The professional activity of air transport workers takes place in conditions of uncertainty and risk, which requires strict adherence to an adequate level of flight safety. The study analyzed the most common causes of aviation accidents and incidents with civil aircrafts. It is proposed to take into account the socio-psychological characteristics of personality, the structure of the process of perception and thinking, the focus of thinking on risk prevention, special working conditions, observance of subordination and the status system of relations in the management of the «crew – aircraft» system.

Keywords

• aviation personnel
• labor potential
• human factor
• aircraft crew
• flight safety
• civil aviation.