Aviation Safety Management

Aviation is a large and diverse industry. No matter what role you perform, you play an important part in the safety of the sector. Through our day-to-day activities, we will hear or see things that may seem insignificant at the time. In fact, you could hold the piece of information that prevents a more serious incident from occurring. It is often easy to dismiss an occurrence as normal practice, especially when it appears to be without consequence. Seldom though do we realise the greater implications for the safety system overall. Even once identified, whom do you tell?  Regulations are clear in identifying what must be reported. Air services, ATSB and CASA have in place a reporting process to capture events that effect or compromise safety, which includes an extensive database of occurrences. The data is used to inform and promote many industry initiatives, such as education messaging, safety enhancements and policy direction. Confidentiality is a vital element in the effectivenes...

                 Voluntary Reporting System                 AIR SAFETY CIRCULAR No. 2 of 2015                                 The key objective of Indian voluntary and confidential reporting system is to enhance aviation  safety through the collection of reports on actual or potential safety deficiencies that would  otherwise not be reported through other channels. Reporters are encouraged to make use of  their organization’s internal SMS voluntary reporting system wherever applicable, unless they  have no access to such a system or the incident or hazard is deemed beyond the scope of their  organization’s purview.       The Indian voluntary and confidential reporting system is already defined in the Aeronautical  Information Circular 03 of 2015 . However, this Air Safety Circ...

                          VOLUNTARY REPORTING SYSTEM   AIC 03/2015  16th July 2015                          Mandatory Reporting System for incidents and accidents already exists and is regulated  under the proviso of Rules. Though Mandatory Reporting System is working satisfactorily, yet in spite of safeguards incorporated in the system and considerable efforts made to  ensure that it is not used to attribute blame, still the proportion of true human factor occurrences which are being reported still remains small.  This is common drawback with  all Mandatory Reporting System as experienced worldwide.          Failure to report such occurrence is usually attributed to reluctance in admitting personal  errors to an employer or to the Regulatory Authority. In order to encourage the reporting  ...

An  incident  is defined as: An occurrence, other than an accident, associated with the operation of an aircraft which affects or could affect the safety of operation. Note.— The types of incidents which are of main interest to the International Civil Aviation Organization for accident prevention studies are listed in Attachment C to Annex 13. A  serious incident  is defined as: An incident involving circumstances indicating that there was a high probability of an accident and associated with the operation of an aircraft which, in the case of a manned aircraft, takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight until such time as all such persons have disembarked, or in the case of an unmanned aircraft, takes place between the time the aircraft is ready to move with the purpose of flight until such time as it comes to rest at the end of the flight and the primary propulsion system is shut down. Note 1.—...

ICAO Annex 19                When the following terms are used in the Standards and Recommended Practices for Safety Management, they have the  following meanings:             Accident. An occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft which, in the case of a manned aircraft, takes place  between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight until such time as all such persons have  disembarked, or in the case of an unmanned aircraft, takes place between the time the aircraft is ready to move with the  purpose of flight until such time as it comes to rest at the end of the flight and the primary propulsion system is shut  down, in which: a) a person is fatally or seriously injured as a result of: — being in the aircraft, or — direct contact with any part of the aircraft, including parts which have become detached from the aircraft, or — direct exposure ...