Presentation Introduction – The Aviation Quality & Safety Management Symposium
Tues May 14th & Wed May 15th 2019 in Holiday Inn Sofia, Bulgaria
Attendance + Hotel Accommodation = 395 Euro. Every additional delegate from the same company = 295 Euro
Effective Flight Data Monitoring Process
Presented by Ivan Monov – Aviation Safety Engineer and Software Developer, Doctor of Philosophy – PhD Aviation/Airway Management and Operations & Licenced Aircraft Engineer
When: Tuesday 14th May – 11:00 – 11:30: Session 3
Where: Holiday Inn Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria
If you are engaged in Aviation Quality & Safety Management this is your one “must attend” event of the year.
Here is your opportunity to engage with a professional who is able to rise to the challenge of Flight Data Monitoring and to share an understanding regarding best practice solutions.
For event details please see the following link
Introducing Flight Data Monitoring (FDM)
A Flight Data Monitoring Program assists an operator to identify, quantify, assess and address operational risks. It can be effectively used to support a range of airworthiness and operational safety tasks.
Effective Flight Data Monitoring Process
The FDM process essentially belongs to the Safety Management System (SMS) of an airline. Under both FAA and EASA regulations, it is mandatory for aircraft with a MTOW above 27 tons.
What are the common FDM challenges for Operators?
Consider the following as representative of the typical challenges which are encountered within the environment of Flight Data Monitoring (FDM)
a) Limited resources;
b) The relationships with top-management and unions;
c) The application of “just culture” or “safety culture” with reference to the use of FDM data;
d) The use of FDM to its fullest extent to support risk management and safety-monitoring activities within operators;
e) The balance between ensuring confidentiality and the use of data for adequate analysis and follow-up of safety issues.
f) Identify best practice with regards to data handling:
g) During day-to-day operations (transfer from the aircraft to the ground, handling of memory media, etc.);
h) Long-term: storage of data in a secure way and de-identification of data.
Why is there a need for automation in FDR raw data processing and analysis?
FDA team members should have an in-depth knowledge of SOPs, aircraft handling characteristics, aerodromes and routes to place the FDA data in a credible context.
All FDA team members need appropriate training or experience for their respective area of data analysis.
Automated analysis processes can be used to enable the detection of abnormal events and deviations and events are categorized based on their level of severity providing for Statistical analysis and reporting of events by phase of flight, single event deviations, combined events, risk detection events, etc.
How effective FDM moves the safety department focus on investigating hazards and performing corrective actions
The aviation community is under constant pressure to achieve safety improvement. Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) offers an efficient solution to this challenge. It is a process which routinely captures and analyses recorder data in order to improve the safety of flight operations. With the pro-active use of recorded flight data from routine operations as a source and driver used to improve aviation safety.
How to make the right conclusions for increasing the flight safety based on effective FDM process
Using SOPs and other procedural elements can provide a more precise operational context to flight sections. Having a more precise operational context, even if it will never be an exhaustive one, will help to better define new exceedances, to evaluate their safety impact but also to assess how the adherence to SOPs. Identifying exceedance in a systematic way will help safety officers to conduct analyses and decide which safety actions should be implemented: modified or adapted.
Next Steps to joining the event
For an insight into meeting the challenges, Come and Join the forthcoming Quality & Safety Symposium 14th & 15th of May 2019 Holiday Inn Sofia Bulgaria.
For additional information please see the following link or email office@sassofia.com
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