The foundations of human factors

The Operator’s Guide to Human Factors in Aviation (OGHFA) was a project designed to give information on Human Factors topics. It was founded and created by the Flight Safety Foundation European Advisory Committee. We will use this guide throughout the course in different activities. However, this guide and any other materials from SKYbrary are not to be purchased for this course.
Ruminating Writing Assignment:
Refer to the module materials, outside sources, and this human factor’s guide. Read SKYbrary: An Introduction to the Purpose and Use of the Operators Guide to Human Factors in Aviation (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and submit a two-page paper (not including cover and reference pages) defining human factors and the applications associated with it. APA formatting is required. 
Travel back in time and explain the foundation of human factors and its historic value throughout the last 100 years. And finally, examine the need for human factors research, its meaning and purpose.
Your paper will automatically be evaluated through Turnitin when you submit your assignment in this activity. Turnitin is a service that checks your work for improper citation or potential plagiarism by comparing it against a database of web pages, student papers, and articles from academic books and publications. Ensure that your work is entirely your own and that you have not plagiarized any material!