Well said, fishbed. JAR 66 (Engineer licensing)mandates HF as a module and JAR 145 makes provision for refresher training covering the issue (although I think this may have changed a little). CASA in Australia are also mandating it as part of the AMEL module. The sad fact is, unless forced to, organisations will only pay attention if there is a cost reduction or profit imperative. In some respects there could be. H F training and awareness is not limited to CRM, FOQA or the maintenance environment. It should cover every facet of the industry. Humans are themselves human factors.
Aviation is not as structured or as disciplined as the layperson may believe. Margins are tight and volume counts. The old adage of making a small fortune (have a large one and start an airline) probably holds true. There is enough evidence that humans, by being human, are fundamentally part of most incidents or accidents. Over the last few years, I have become increasingly alarmed at the way commercial pressure, or fear of management sanction, has influenced engineering decisions. I am also concerned that airworthiness authorities seem in some cases rather relaxed over the issue. They seem to set deliberately broad requirements and leave it to the industry do all the work. Not all sectors of the industry are inclined to meet other than the minimum requirements.