The realism of FAA reliability-safety requirements and alternatives

Author

Pecht, Michael ; Hakim, E. ; Jain, Anubhav K. ; Jackson, Michael ; Schroeder, R. ; Strange, A.D.

Author_Institution

CALCE Center for Electron. Packaging, Maryland Univ., College Park, MD

Volume

13

Issue

2

fYear

1998

fDate

2/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

16

Lastpage

20

Abstract

As avionic systems become more complex, realistic qualification requirements for the flight-critical systems becomes more important, but more difficult to define. Requirements developed to establish acceptable levels of performance must be verifiable if they are to have any meaning. This article shows that both the current FAA requirements of flight-critical systems and the FAA recommended methods for probabilistic assessment are flawed, and result in “required” safety assessments which are misleading. Alternatives are then explored

Keywords

avionics; failure analysis; probability; redundancy; reliability; safety; FAA reliability; avionics; flight-critical systems; probabilistic assessment; redundant systems; safety; safety assessment; Aerospace electronics; Aerospace industry; Aerospace safety; Air safety; Airplanes; Electronics packaging; FAA; Military aircraft; Road safety; Technological innovation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8985

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/62.656329

Filename

656329