The Operational Safety Committee | UK Flight Safety Committee

Chairman	Company Represented	Committee Represented
Tony Wride	Monarch	Vice Chairman
Members
Tony Barrett-Jolley	Air Contractors	Ground Operations Standing Committee
Derek Whatling	Bristow Helicopters	Flight Operations Standing Committee
Peter Richards	RAeS	External Affairs Committee
Ed Bewley	CAA
Rich Jones	Chief Executive

Terms of Reference

1. Policy

The Operational Safety Committee, established under the Constitution is responsible for implementing the resolutions of the Executive Board relating to all aspects of Operational Safety matters; specifically;
the formation of Standing Committees.
the specifying of the Terms of Reference (TORs) of these Standing Committees
the supervision of Standing Committees.
the promulgation of interim and final reports of Standing Committees and Working Groups.

2. Membership

Membership shall consist of the UKFSC Chairman and Vice Chairman and the Chairmen of all Standing Committees with administrative support provided by the Chief Executive.

The Operational Safety Committee is to be chaired by the UKFSC Vice Chairman. In his/her absence, the meeting the meeting will be chaired by the UKFSC Chairman.

The Operational Safety Committee may co-opt additional members as required.

3. The Role of the Operational Safety Committee

The following broad roles are set out to give the Operations Safety Committee broad guidance for the execution of their duties.
Carry out the Policy objectives above.

a. Monitor activities within industry pertaining to Operations Safety Committee matters, to create new initiatives for UKFSC debate.

b. Appoint Chairmen of Standing Committees.

c. Produce of the Terms of Reference (TORs) for all Standing Committees to ensure that the appointed Chairman clearly understands what he is required to do, what the output should be and the proposed timeframe for completion.

d. Review the reports produced by the Standing Committees or Working Groups, ensuring that they fulfil the objective for which it was created. This review will also address report format.

e. Make recommendations to the External Affairs Committee on topics for the Annual Seminar.

4. Standing Committee

The following Standing Committees shall be in existence.
Maintenance
Ground Operations
Flight Operations
Air Traffic Control
Cargo
Regulation

Additional Standing Committees may be formed at the discretion of the Operational Safety Committee

Any Standing Committee shall be permitted to create Working Group(s) for specific objective tasks.

5 . Meetings and Agenda Dates

The Operational Safety Committee shall meet 6 times per year. Meeting dates are to be arranged by the Chief Executive on behalf of the Vice Chairman.

Agenda
There will be an Agenda for each Operational Safety Committee meeting. This will be published by the Chief Executive on behalf of the Vice Chairman.

Record of Decisions
The Chief Executive is to record and publish the Record of Decisions as soon as possible after each Operational Safety Committee meeting. These will be circulated to all Operations Safety Committee members