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Airline Safety from The Flight Safety Foundation
The Flight Safety Foundation is an independent,
nonprofit, international organization engaged in research, auditing,
education, advocacy and publishing to improve aviation and airline
safety.
The Foundation’s mission is to pursue the
continuous improvement of global airline safety and the prevention
of accidents.
The Foundation’s objectives are to:
- Pursue the active involvement and participation
of the diverse elements of global professional aviation;
- Anticipate, identify and analyze global aviation
safety issues and set priorities;
- Communicate effectively about airline safety;
and,
- Be a catalyst for action and the adoption of
best airline safety practices.
The Foundation supports the efforts of other aviation
organizations to improve flight safety and maintains ongoing communication
with them. These organizations include the Air
Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA), Air Transport
Association of America (ATA), International
Air Transport Association (IATA), International
Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), International
Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA),
International
Federation of Airworthiness (IFA), National
Business Aviation Association (NBAA), U.K. Flight Safety Committee,
and many others.
FSF support includes joint airline safety meetings,
which have been held with IATA, IFA, NBAA, FSF–CIS [Commonwealth
of Independent States] and the French National Academy of Air and
Space. In addition to FSF–CIS, the Foundation is affiliated
with other sister
organizations in specific regions of the world to enhance aviation
safety. These are Air Safety Foundation of Australasia, FSF–Japan,
FSF–Southeastern Europe-Hellas, FSF–Taiwan, China and
FSF–West Africa.
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International Approach-and-landing
Accident Reduction
The ALAR Task Force was created
in 1996 as another phase of accident reduction.
Statistics compiled by the Netherlands Civil Aviation
Authority show that, worldwide, an average of 17 fatal ALAs occurred
each year in 1980 through 1998 in passenger operations and cargo
operations conducted by aircraft weighing 5,700 kilograms/12,500
pounds or more.
The goal of the FSF ALAR Task Force
was to reduce by 50 percent the worldwide fatal ALA rate within
five years of completing its work in 1998. The task force includes
100 representatives from airlines, corporate flight departments,
aircraft and equipment manufacturers, civil aviation authorities,
and many other technical, research and professional organizations.
The FSF ALAR Task Force began its work with assignments
to four working groups:
The Data Acquisition and Analysis Working
Group validated accident-prevention strategies based on analysis
of 287 fatal-accident reports; detailed case studies of 76 accidents
and serious incidents; and assessments of key flight crew behavioral
markers identified in the accidents and incidents, and in line audits
of 3,300 flights; The Operations and Training Working Group developed,
from accident and incident data, eight conclusions about the major
causes of ALAs and how to prevent them; The Aircraft Equipment Working
Group examined how to make better use of equipment currently aboard
transport aircraft to prevent ALAs; and, The Air Traffic Control
Training and Procedures/Airport Facilities Working Group examined
navigational charting, ground equipment and facilities standards,
phraseology in communications between air traffic controllers and
pilots, controller training and airline safety.
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