BUSINESS AVIATION SAFETY
PARTNERSHIP- GATWICK – 11 DEC 2008
UKFSC CE MEETING SUMMARY
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Focus
of the meeting was to review the BASP
Action plan.
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BASP
AP – 1a
o TCAS awareness material is under
development with NATS/FSI
o It is vital that the main target
audiences for the material are identified on a comprehensive database
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BASP
AP 1b
o To heighten awareness, TCAS /level
bust articles will be published widely including FOCUS/Flight
o BASP members to seek other players
to write similar inputs – Shell for example
o There is a need to advertise the
work of the BASP – draft to be provided by the Chair for consideration
o Skybrary /Eurocontrol permission
required to publish relevant Safety Notice Info. UKFSC CE to pursue.
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BASP
AP 1d
o TCAS Advice Availability – FODCOMs
and AICs have been issued
o Skybrary has useful TCAS info. FOCUS articles to SIDD for consolidation in
to
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BASP
AP 1e
o ACEP is another valuable forum
available for Business aviation issue promotion
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BASP
AP 1f
o
o Initial report out on Project Eval
in Jan 09.
o Need for a balanced view of the
trial results by BASP
o BASP members to push the need for
TCAS II for all VLJs with all forums
o Target manufacturers and buyers need
to engaged with the safety argument and education
·
BASP
2a
o Responses to RAs – many unacceptable
excuses for ignoring the RA – BASP needs to push the safety arguments to
counter such excuses in all forums
o This should equally apply to level
busts
o Possible presentation at the VLJ
conference at RAeS in Mar 09.
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BASP
2b
o Runway incursions – numerous technology,
procedures and other solutions are in development worldwide. The FSF Runway
Safety Initiative is a useful source
o UKFSC CE to track the outcomes of
the MAST initiatives (van run) and inform the BASP
·
BASP
3a
o Business Jet Safety Report – Chair
push to have it formally published
o Informally published already to BASP
and actions are being derived accordingly
·
BASP
3b
o A Launch Statement for the Safety
Report, when issued, could also include BASP statement of intent.
o Report has specific actions which
will need further analysis from SIDD
·
BASP3c
o Illegal Public Transport is a
continuing problem area
o BASP message needs to target the
passengers as well as the perpetrators
o Potential loophole may exist to
allow a non-
o Insurance brokers could offer
publicity to condemn loophole exploitation
o DfT will publicise legal cases where
they usefully demonstrate the dangers
·
BASP
4a
o Language proficiency actions in
place in other forums
·
BASP
5a/b/c
o Poor operational standards by
foreign business crews could be targeted by the increasing DfT ramp checks – too early to assess their success
o EASA are looking at quotas for ramp
checks but may not be targeting the business jet sector
o DfT are exchanging info on ramp
check findings with EASA and will share this with BASP in due course.
o On airspace abuse/error issues –
this is a difficult area to police – ramp checks can be targeted against likely
miscreants but these are expensive and not sufficiently reactive to be
effective.
·
BASP
6a
o Use of headset and the need to
consistently wear them is the issue and needs further thought by the BASP as to
how this could be addressed.
·
BASP
7a
o A business jet safety briefing will
at the RAeS on
·
BASP
8a/b
o The attendance at the NATS Safety
Briefing at EBACE proved disappointing so we need to seek other opportunities
to get to the pilot audience and not just the flight safety community.
o Specific airfield information tied
into more generic safety information for NATS airfields was being developed by
NATS which could be usefully spread out to other BA airfields. This will be
pursued through the AOA.
o A further output of
·
BASP
9
o RTF Exam examples to help improve RT
standards, both as a self help and as an actual exam for airline trainers, is
available. A NATS
·
BASP
10
o NATS activity had been covered
throughout the meeting
Training
Research Project Brief
o Business accident analysis showed
80% were due to Loss of Control. Factors were:
o Poor training procedures and tracking
of student progress in training
o
Loss
of pilot skills due to procedures at airports forcing use of ac automatics
rather than manual flying
o
Is
the third pilot doing what he should in the electric jet era?
o
Is
the training right – in the right order – groundschool/sim for example.
o
Analysis
of control inputs to achieve actual flight profile has been undertaken at
Cranfield. A 737 single eng approach data from many experienced crews has been
complied for comparison with FDM outputs.
o
This
approach could be applied to business jets also to provide a valuable source of
info for application to the BA sector.
o
High
level
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Form
a collaborative group of
·
Training
org
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SRG
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Cranfield
·
A
biz jet operator
§
MOU
and contract is under development
§
Initial
focus will be on data and info collection
§
Produce
an initial report
o
BASP
support the initiative and will seek participation and support
AOB
o
Seeking
measurable outcomes for the BASP to judge success of actions taken
o
Cautious
selection of issues to action by the BASP to ensure that we have the necessary
levers of influence and can make a difference.
o
Upset
recovery is another topic to be added to the agenda
o
Next
meeting late March early 2009 at Gates and partners
Rich Jones
Chief Executive