Paul Lambertson and Sharon Todd chat about his experience in Flight Deck design and his use of Systems Theoretical Process Analysis (STPA) (Levenson & Thomas 2018).

Paul Lambertson has been in the aerospace industry for over twenty years and in that time he has had a focus on human to machine interface for the design and operations of flight decks. He has had lead projects on all of Boeings current commercial aircraft and has been fortunate to lead many teams. These team include human factors and ergonomics, test and evaluation, Optics and lighting and human system integration and strategy. Paul currently leads a team for flight deck product development for simulation and strategy. He is currently a Cochair of the INCOSE Human System Integration working group.

Paul has been interested in the human to machine interfaces since he first flew aircraft as a young kid , As a kid He was engaged in improving aircraft interfaces. This developed into a passion for improving the human interfaces. His first major human interface activity was in the automotive industry working to understand noise, vibration and handling from a user perspective. Paul took these skills to the aircraft industry. He is a pilot, has a Bachelor’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering a Master’s in Business Administration and several certificates related to systems engineering, technology, ergonomics and human factors.

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