1. Introduction (context of the question/topic investigated): 1.1 Aviation: The discovery of flight has taken man to places he never imagined he could reach. The aviation industry, which is the result of this discovery, is now a global enterprise with approximately 3 billion people traveling by air in 2012 alone (ICAO, 2014). Aviation safety-related research has received much importance since the inception of the commercial aviation industry. Even though aviation is considered one of the safest modes of transportation available, there is still a long way to go before it can match people's perception. Some nations have even reached the threshold of less than one accident per million departures (ICAO). A look at this accident data clearly suggests that while regions like North America and some Western European countries experience lower rates, Latin American and African countries are nowhere near close (ICAO). The goal of human factors research is to try to put humans at the center of the picture with as little effort as possible. Given that nearly 80% of deaths worldwide are due to transportation-related accidents (citation needed), the attention that safety in this area has received from researchers is warranted. While scientific advances have succeeded in reducing these numbers, the uneven spread of these advanced technologies has prevented the same from happening around the world. Since money and political stability are also reasons behind the availability of these scientific advances, some countries are falling behind in the race (ICAO).1.2 Mistakes:1.3 Aviation Safety:1.3.1 Flight Crew1.3.2 Resource Management (CRM) :1.4 Culture:1.4.1 Overview:1.4.2 Cultural factors in the aviation industry:1.5 Cultural factors and safety:Hofstede's dimensions of national culture have been used as a reference point by most researchers who seek to work in the area of ​​cross-cultural research. An in-depth analysis of various cross-cultural methodologies that can be used in research has been summarized (Schaffer & Riordan, 2003).1.6 Safety Culture:1.6.1 Measuring Safety Culture:1.7 Summary:2. Purpose (state purpose, research question, and/or hypothesis): Aviation is one of the safest high-risk industries around. To improve this perception, air transport needs to be uniformly safe around the world. While technology and scientific advances give an advantage to developed countries, people in other nations also need to feel safe. If successful, this research will help include culture as an important factor in aviation industry safety culture models.