BUSINESS AVIATION SAFETY PARTNERSHIP (BASP)
FSI BUILDING FARNBOROUGH
UKFSC CHIEF EXEC SUMMARY
- Business
aviation is currently involved in a significant number of flight safety
occurrences and incidents. The aim of the BASP is to identify risks and issues
and establish a programme of work to improve aviation safety in Business
Aviation in the
- BASP
consists of the
- Issues identified as potential BASP programmes are:
-- Mid air collision and TCAS.
-- The current training system based on box-ticking rather than performance.
-- Introduction of SMS.
-- BA crew awareness of ATC operations and airspace.
-- Single pilot Ops in complex aircraft and airspace.
-- Poor comms amongst foreign crews.
-- Emergency descents in RVSM airspace.
-- Negligent entrustment.
- Beyond, the above issues, the Chairman highlighted that the Business Jet Safety Research paper was about to be published, the conclusions of which would provide a sound basis for a programme of work.
- Current pilot and ATC training was discussed and a view expressed that the type of persons being attracted into the industry was significantly different to those around which training methods had been designed.
-- Today’s entrants were now much more technology savvy, and were totally confident in, and reliant upon computer based training, learning and information flow.
-- Many of today’s entrants are selecting the aviation industry as a career because of the technological edge and reputation and as the route to excellent financial remuneration. They were entering the industry without any background knowledge or longstanding interest in aviation gleaned over many years of airshows, magazines or Biggles books!! Much training relied on this early absorption of aviation terminology and knowledge learned through osmosis and without any formal structure.
-- Initial and continuous training had to take these positive and negative aspects into account in order to ensure the necessary awareness and understanding of the air environment was inculcated throughout the career of pilots and controllers alike.
- Concerns were raised about the degree of understanding of business aviation amongst the city investors and insurers who were involved in funding, covering and engaging in this sector of the industry. The meeting concluded that there was a need to engage with city institutions to increase their awareness of aviation safety with them. This, in turn, should generate closer attention to flight safety issues amongst their business aviation clients and providers.
Rich Jones
Chief
Exec
UKFSC