1 Joint Helicopter Safety Implementation Team (JHSIT) International Helicopter Safety Team (IHST) Special Session AHS Forum 63 May 2007 Virginia Beach,

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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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FOQA/ASAP & ATC DataRJ RevolutionNew Large JetsCooperative safety agenda


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


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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)


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Leverage• If a rule specifies a performance, that rule can act as

the fulcrum for policy which defines acceptable performance.


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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.


12Implementation 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


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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


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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

High

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]

Documents

1 Joint Helicopter Safety Implementation Team (JHSIT) International Helicopter Safety Team (IHST) Special Session AHS Forum 63 May 2007 Virginia Beach,