Building an Aviation Safety Program
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- The Line manager of an aviation safety program is responsible for
- The proper use of authority and mission results
- The Staff Manager in an aviation safety program
- Manages a program but lacks the authority to commit to recources or make changes.
- What are the existing standards for aviation safety programs
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A. FAA
B. OSHA
C. Military - To be effective Standards must be:
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Clearly communicated
Enforcable
Consistently applied
Measurable - How do you ensure compliance with safety standards?
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Inspections/Audits
Surveys/feedback
Being visable/walk around - Who's job is it to ensure compliance with safety standards?
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Everyone!
Workforce
Middle Management
Upper Management - Incident
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Close Call
An occurance other than an accident. - Incidents should be
- A predictor or precursor to an accident.
- Callback
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-Published monthly
-Summarizes reports of current interest
-FAA has committed itself not to use ASRS info. against reporters in enforcement actions - How many reports have been submitted to date, without a breach of identity?
- 600,000
- Hazard reports
- Allow people to bring up hazards without any fear of retribution
- 6 Basic guidelines for hazard reporting systems include
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-Don't waste time defining what constitutes a hazard.
-Keep the program simple
-Acknowledge all reports
-Accept anonymous reports
-Develop some method of prioritizing hazards
-Advertize the program - Information distribution systems are designed to put out
- Critical information
- 2 inportant forms of critical information are
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Flight Crew Breifings
Dispatch Systems - An important tool in keeping committee meetings productive is to:
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Start on time
Quit on time
Follow up on action items - Inspection programs determine
- Compliance with safety standards
- Inspection programs validate
- the effectiveness of the safety program
- Inspections should be viewed as a
- management tool
- A vibrant training program
- is an essential component of an aviation safety program
- A sound training program explores
- a variety of relevant topics
- 6 Possible training topics are
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Hazardous material training
First aid and CPR
Fire extinguisher training
fuel handeling safety
survival training
crew recource management - The 2 purposes of aviation safety awards is to
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Reward
Motivate - Managing an awards program
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-Recipient
-Timeliness
-Presentation
-Possession
-Display
-Personalization
-Value - Rate
- Number of events divided by exposure to those events
- Rate calculation considers two of these three variables
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Number of accidents/incidents
Number of flying hours
Number of operations - Cumulative rate calculation
- Sum the number of events for each month then divide
- The NTSB is
- an independant agency that determines the probable cause of transportation accidents, and promotes safety through the reccomendation process
- Government aircraft that are used for commercial purposes
- Should be subject to the regulations applicable to civil aircraft
- General aviation accident field investigations
- At least one investigator goes to a general aviation crash site
- General aviation accident limited investigation
- is carried out by corrispondance or telephone
- NTSB part 830 is for
- preservation of evedence
- NTSB part 831 outlines
- Steps in the investigation process
- A party to the investigation is
- An industry representative with expertise or specific knowledge.
- The state of regestry is
- Where the flight originated
- The state of registry has the right to
- Send an accredited representative
- Accredited representatives do not
- take part in the development of the probable cause
- The mission of the FAA is
- safety
- 6 Components of the ATC system
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-Navigational Aids
-Communications systems
-Survalence systems
-Air Traffic Control Tower
-Terminal Air Approach Control
-Air Route Traffic Control Center - 2 Categories of ATC systems
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Terminal
ATC Tower
Terminal Radar Approach Con
Enroute
Air Route Traffic Con Center - By the year 2007, the FAA will have spent
- $51 billion for modernization
- FAA adminisrator serves a
- 5 year term
- Free Flight operators have the freedom to
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Select path
select airspeed
select real time - Air traffic restrictions are imposed to
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-ensure separation
-preclude exceeding airport capacity
-prevent unauthorized flight through special use airspace
-ensure safety of flight - WAAS allows GPS to be used as
- The primary means of en route navigation
- WAAS was commissioned for instrument flight use in
- 2003
- LAAS yields the neccassary accuracy for
- CAT I, II, and III approaches