Flight Safety Set Up


                    CAR D5F-F1 Para 1.1 Air carriers should have a safety department that addresses the broad range of risks involved in commercial aviation to include, but not limited to, flight, maintenance, and ground safety. Since operators vary in both size and scope of operations, it is appropriate to consider such criteria as the kind of operations involved, the number and type of airplanes used, and the areas of operations when determining the size and complexity of a safety department.

                  Chief of Flight Safety (CFS). This person would be responsible for keeping the highest management officials of the certificate holder fully informed about the safety status of the certificate holder's entire operation. The CFS shall hold independent, full time position. However, the DGCA recognizes that in smaller operations, the Chief of Flight Safety function might be an additional function of a current manager. CAR provides flexibility in the requirements for positions and the number of positions for management personnel, including the Chief of Flight Safety.

                   COMPONENTS OF FLIGHT SAFETY ORGANISATION

             A flight safety organisation depending upon size and scope of operation shall have following components:

      i. Flight operation quality assurance cell for monitoring of CVR, DFDR
         and carrying out inflight inspections.
      ii. Accident/Incident investigation cell (Permanent Investigation Board) to conduct                             investigation and assist in investigations by DGCA. This cells shall have pilots (Senior                 Pilot/Instructor/Examiner) on type and Aircraft Maintenance Engineer with sufficient                     background in quality assurance and investigations
       iii. Accident Prevention Cell

 PROCEDURE FOR THE APPROVAL OF CHIEF OF FLIGHT SAFETY

             Approval of chief of flight safety will be done after evaluation by the board. The evaluation may include personal interview with the recommended personnel. All application for the approval of the Chief of Flight Safety, detailing the qualification and experience shall be submitted to the Director of Air Safety (Head quarters).

    PROCEDURE FOR THE APPROVAL OF FLIGHT SAFETY DEPARTMENT

                   An application for approval of Flight Safety Department shall be made by approved chief of Flight Safety to DAS Hqrs stating the Flight Safety setup along with the approved Flight Safety Manual. On receipt of request Director Air Safety, Hqrs will constitute a team of Officers from DGCA Hqrs and concerned Regional Office. The team shall inspect the Flight Safety Department for the compliance of relevant rules and regulations. On the basis of assessment, approval of the organization will be accorded by Joint DGCA.

                 For CVR & DFDR readout facility a certificate will be submitted by Manager Quality regarding set-up & Chief of Flight Safety regarding the accuracy of the readouts.










Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

SHEL(L) Model

Image
   “SHEL” model  : The component blocks of the SHEL model : Software, Hardware, Environment, Liveware). The  interpretations are: liveware (human), hardware (machine), software (procedures, symbology, etc.) and environment.                                   Liveware (the human)  is at the centre of the model. Human is generally considered  the most critical as well as the most flexible component in the system. Yet people are subject to considerable variations in performance and suffer many limitations, most of which are now predictable in general terms. The edges of this block are jagged, and so the other components of the system must be carefully matched with them if stress in the system and eventual breakdown are to be avoided.  Physical size and shape. In the design of workplace and equipment, a vital consideration involves body measurements and moveme...
Read more

Safety Culture

Image
                          Culture is characterized by the beliefs, values, biases and their resultant behaviour that are shared among members of a society, group or organization. An understanding of these cultural components, and the interactions among them, is important to safety management. Among the most influential cultural components are organizational, professional, and national. A reporting culture is key component of these different cultures. The mix of cultural components may vary greatly among organizations and can negatively influence effective hazard reporting, collaborative root cause analysis, and acceptable risk mitigation. Continous improvement in safety performance is possible when safety becomes a value within an organization as well as a priority at the national or professional level .                         Safety Culture encompasses th...
Read more

National Aerospace Standard (NAS) 411

                          This National Aerospace Standard (NAS) 411 was created by the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) as an industry standard to manage hazardous material (HAZMAT) used in Products and Services. As appropriate, NAS411 requirements can be applied to all Products and Services lifecycle phases, e.g. Materiel Solution Analysis, Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction, Engineering and Manufacturing Development, Production and Deployment, Operations and Support, and Disposal.                      The Hazardous Materials Management Program (HMMP) is the process to ensure appropriate consideration is given to the systematic identification, evaluation, elimination or minimization of HAZMAT risks to human health or the environment (including risks of violating related and applicable regulatory requirements), and to identify measures to appropriat...
Read more