Presented to: ASAP Stakeholders

By: Inspector Randolph McDonald

Date: January 2013

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Aviation Safety Accident Statistics

“2015 was the safest year ever”

The Aviation Safety Network released the preliminary 2015 airlines accident statistics showing a record low total of 16 fatal airlines accidents, resulting in 560 fatalities.

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The Goal of ASAP

• The goal of ASAP is to encourage air carrier and repair station employees to voluntarily report safety information that may be critical to identifying potential precursors to accidents

• Decrease accidents, incidents & violations

• Better identify risks to public safety

• Implement risk reduction strategies based on ASAP data

• Track the effectiveness of these strategies

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Purpose of ASAP• Improve Aviation Safety:

– Gather and analyze safety-related concerns or events that may otherwise go unreported

– Identify root cause(s) of safety-related events– Determine and communicate corrective action(s) and/or

recommendation(s)– Track completion and evaluate effectiveness of corrective

action(s) and/or recommendation(s)– Communicate ASAP successes in reducing threats to

safety by reporting– Build trust and confidence in the program to encourage a

reporting/safety culture– Educate persons to preclude recurrence of safety problems

and alleged violations

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Enforcement-Related Incentives

• Purpose is to encourage certificate holder employees to participate in an ASAP

• Limited to what is needed to achieve the desired goal and results of the program

• No FAA enforcement action will be used to address certain apparent violations of the regulations

• This incentive only applies to ERC-accepted reports

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The Foundation of ASAP

• Participation in voluntary programs requires a level of trust among the regulator, the organization and employees labor organization or third party facilitator

• Definition of Partnership– A cooperative relationship between people or

groups who agree to share responsibility for achieving some specific goal – Safety

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ASAP Partnership

• FAA is committed to partnership– Enforcement-related incentive to VSP participants

• FAA’s oversight effectiveness using existing resources is greatly enhanced through partnership

• FAA gains a clearer, more accurate view of the safety of airlines operations– Broader compliance through corrective actions

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ASAP Partnership

• The cornerstone of ASAP is the trust and cooperation

• Common purpose improves the relationships existing between parties

• All parties agree the objective of the ASAP program is accident prevention and, collectively, we achieve results that were previously unattainable through traditional methods

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ASAP Partnership

• If leaders want to drive trust levels higher– They must focus on openness, transparency and

involving employees – Shared responsibility for success is a key

characteristic of high trust organizations– Employees will be committed to a common goal and

eager to participate– Openly rewarding employees for their contribution to

safety

(Linda Stewart, Interactionassociates.com)

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SW Region ASAP Audit Overview24 May 2006

Does ASAP Work?Program Status - 2015• As of January 2016:

– 430 active programs– Approximately 89% of reports have been sole-

source– 11% are classified as non-sole source– Less than 1% were excluded from the program– 20% identified as regulatory violations

• The program has enabled participants to identify risks and implement corrective action for both individual and systemic issues

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Program Status

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New Initiative Introduced-2012-2015

• Air Charter Safety Foundation

– 35 Operators with active MOU’s– 18 Part 135– 17 Part 91– A total of 120 employee groups participating in the

program

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SW Region ASAP Audit Overview24 May 2006

Employee Groups Represented

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ASAP Reporting

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ASAP Reporting

“Approximately 100,000 ASAPs” reported last year

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0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 100,000 120,000

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2010

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Submissions 2009-2015

Ramp

Dispatchers

Flight Attendants

Flight Followers

Load Planners

Mechanics

Others *

Pilots

*"Others" includes Pilot Mgmt, Maint Supvrs,

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Submissions by Employee Groups

AuditReview Results

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Employee Group 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015Dispatchers 1,088 1,706 1,768 2,439 3,334 2,669 3,186 Flight Attendants 1,152 1,437 2,634 2,435 3,717 6,122 8,275 Flight Followers 3 3 6 16 9 16 33 Load Planners 40 176 328 195 149 164 54 Mechanics 1,917 1,718 2,197 2,413 2,458 3,064 3,562 Others * 17 4 52 89 27 14 16 Pilots 36,196 49,166 52,865 65,086 77,120 75,972 83,618 Ramp 1,852 3,111 3,063 1,983 1,613 1,217 2,878

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MOU’s by Region

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Active MOU's per Region-2015

Note: This count includes all employee groups. Some operators have as many as 5 different employee groups on their MOU whileseveral smaller operators have 1 or 2 employee groups.

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Safety - Identify Safety Events/RiskWhat are the top five reported categories/events?

Pilot1.Altitude deviation2.Course deviation3.Company procedure deviations4.Maintenance operations5.Manuals/logbookpaperwork

Disp1.Company procedure deviation2.Dispatch operations3.Load planning/ MX operations4.Manuals/logbookpaperwork5.Weather

MX1.Company procedure deviations 2.Manuals/logbookpaperwork3.Maintenance operations4.FAR deviations5.Ramp Safety

Inflight/Onboard1.Exit Row2.Jump seat3.Manuals 4.Safety Procedures and Policies5.Slides

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Questions?

(Randy.McDonald@faa.gov)

650-619-7595

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