*Aims and Objectives*

The very diverse character of GA poses challenges to effective risk and safety managemen<sup>t</sup> within the aviation maintenance environment. Improving human performance and perception around safety are among the areas that have been targeted by regulators for continuous improvement. The present study set out to build on previous substantive research [12,13] and examine this in a comprehensive way through semi-structured interview data elicited from Australian aviation maintenance engineers in GA using the following research questions:

