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Presented to: ASAP Stakeholders
By: Inspector Randolph McDonald
Date: January 2013
Federal AviationAdministration
Aviation Safety Action Program(ASAP)
ACSF Symposium
2014Date: March 2016
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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
Audit Review Results January 2016
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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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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
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
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
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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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3730
58
130
39 3828
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120
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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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(Randy.McDonald@faa.gov)
650-619-7595
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