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Joint Helicopter Safety Implementation Team
(JHSIT)
International Helicopter Safety Team (IHST)
Special Session
AHS Forum 63
May 2007
Virginia Beach, Virginia
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Membership The Goal Implementation Tools Leverage Initial JHSAT Recommendations Cultural Change The Work Ahead
Implementation of Safety Initiatives
Overview
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Name Organization
Hooper HarrisCo-Chair
FAA, Manager, Commuter, On Demand and Training Center Branch
Gregory F. WyghtCo-Chair
Vice President, Safety & Quality, CHC Helicopter Corporation
Brian Jenner President & CEO, Helicopter Association of Canada
Del Livingston Eurocopter
Fred Brisbois Sikorsky, Director, Aviation & Product Safety
Mike Hurst PHI, Chief Pilot
Ray Wall Bristow, Western Hemisphere Helicopter Services Director Quality & Safety
BJ Raysor Arkansas Children's Hospital
Keith Johnson Airborne Law Enforcement Association
Mark Fojtek Silver State Helicopters, LLC
Tom Judge Executive Director, Life Flight of Maine
Randy Rowles Bell Helicopter Textron
Mike Frank Commuter, On Demand and Training Center Branch
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Broad implementation of VOR and DMERadar introduced at selected towersVickers-700 Turboprop (1953 in UK, 1956 US)DC-7 (1955), Lockheed Electra ATC centers RADAR and radio contact with cruise aircraft 1949-55
Pressurized Aircraft into fleet (L-049, DC-6 & B-377) Earliest ILS (Glide slope, LOC & markers)
Long-Range radar (Centers)Jet Engine; 707 (1958) & DC-8VOR/DME integrated into autopilot (precision approaches)Secondary radar
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Factors That Led To Breakthroughs inFactors That Led To Breakthroughs inMajor Fatal Accident Rates Since 1946Major Fatal Accident Rates Since 1946
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Implementation Tools• Rules/Regulations• Standards• Policies• Guidance
Implementation of Safety Initiatives
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Rules/Regulations• Usually sets a
• Requirement,
• Prohibition, a
• Procedure, or,
• Provides Information
• May be tied to a Standard • The best regulations are
• Foundational
• Adaptable
• Typically cumbersome to change – on purpose
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Standards• A description of acceptable performance or
characteristic for certification and ongoing operation• Technical Standard Order
• Practical Test Standard
• ATC Procedures
• Airspace Design
• Failure to meet the standard after certification may be cause for re-examination
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Policies• Usually contained within the regulatory agency• Controls the application of standards, and hence,
regulations, by the regulator• Examples
– Restricted Category Aircraft Operating Limitations– Check Airman Designation
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Guidance• Provides the “school solution” for design,
manufacture, operations, maintenance, and training• Advisory Circulars
• Aeronautical Information Manual/ Aeronautical Information Publication
• Handbooks
• Training Aids
• Safety Alerts For Operators (SAFOs)
• Information For Operators (INFOs)
Implementation of Safety Initiatives
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Leverage• If a rule specifies a performance, that rule can act as
the fulcrum for policy which defines acceptable performance.
Implementation of Safety Initiatives
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JHSAT interim recommendations:
Promote the adoption of Safety Management Systems in the helicopter community.
More consistent and comprehensive NTSB involvement and investigation needed in helicopter accidents.
Reestablish the collection of worldwide helicopter fleet hour data as previously performed by the FAA.
Establish a helicopter safety website to disseminate important information.
Use proximity detection equipment in helicopters.
Use flight recording devices and cockpit image recording systems in helicopters.
Develop a strategy to improve pilot Aeronautical Decision Making.
Implementation of Safety Initiatives
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Cultural Change• Drinking
• Then - Otis Campbell / the Andy Griffith Show• Now - MADD / Drinking and Driving• Now – Enabling is out…
• Smoking• Then - “Dive Bomber” starring Errol Flynn and Fred MacMurry• Now – Second hand smoke / restaurants and bars• Now - Advertising
• Seat belt use in automobiles• Then – “Sissy”• Now – Unacceptable not to use them
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Framework for Cultural Change - Safety Management System• Scalable• Adaptable• Integrated• Compliant
IHST SMS Tool rollout for September IHSS 2007
Implementation of Safety Initiatives
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The Work Ahead The Current JHSIT:
• Dealing with JHSAT recommendations based on US NTSB data
• Will develop processes and methods to implement foundational and technical recommendations
• Will share those processes with Regional JHSITs
Implementation of Safety Initiatives
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Business Cost
Cost Due To
Accidents
Cost Of
SafetyTotal Cost
Safety Program Costs
BALANCING COST OF SAFETY
SEEKING THE
‘BUCKET’
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CONCERN Level of
audience
High
MOTIVATING RISK MITIGATION
RISKLow
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Decrease Concern
Decrease Risk
Increase Concern
Fad
Data
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The Work Ahead International Helicopter Safety Team
We must expand active participation beyond North America• Regionality of risks and implementations
• Physical environment• Business environment• Political Environment
• National Regulators• ICAO• International Operators• Regional JHSITs
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Summary We are moving out on the foundational
interim recommendations We await the technical recommendations
from the JHSAT due next month We look forward to working with the
regional JHSITs We are committed to fostering the Cultural
Change
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JHSIT CO-CHAIRS
Hooper HarrisUS DOT/FAA Commuter, On Demand, and Training Center Branch202-267-3437 (USA)[email protected]
Gregory F. WyghtVice President, Safety & Quality CHC Helicopter Corporation 604-232-7428 (Canada)[email protected]