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Introduction Effective safety reporting of hazards by operational personnel is an important cornerstone of the management of safety. Therefore, an operational environment in which operational personnel have been trained and are constantly encouraged to report hazards is the prerequisite for effective safety reporting. The ICAO requirements require that aviation service providers develop and maintain, within…

Considering ICAO Definition of Safety ICAO Annex 19 defines safety as ‘the state in which risks associated with aviation activities, related to, or in direct support of the operation of aircraft, are reduced and controlled to an acceptable level’ and safety performance as ‘a service provider’s safety achievement as defined by its safety performance targets…

Sofema Aviation Services www.sassofia.com looks at the ICAO Data Reporting System ADREP Introduction The Accident/Incident Data Reporting (ADREP) is operated and maintained by ICAO. The ADREP system receives, stores and provides States with occurrence data that will assist them invalidating safety. In this context, the term ‘occurrence’ includes both accidents and incidents. The system was…

Introduction Firstly, to Differentiate between Hazard & Risk where a Hazard has the potential to cause harm and the risk of being associated with the likelihood that it will! Secondly to recognise that Hazards are an Integral Part of our Aviation System and whilst in isolation a Hazard is not necessarily a bad thing- We…