Pre-show Guide for HELI-EXPO 2016
Professional Development Credit: FAA WINGS program credit Get the most out of your helicopter and understand how to manage its power and limitations during flight into and out of confined areas. We will cover how to develop a system for measuring available power and what the helicopter and the pilot can do with that power. Assessing unprepared confined areas and making subsequent approaches and departures will also be discussed. Learn how to make good piloting decisions for flights in these conditions, based on the information available at the time.
MINIMIZING EXPOSURE TO LOW-LEVEL WIND SHEAR Mar. 1, 2016 | 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm | C201
Mar. 2, 2016 | 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm | C104 Presenter: Scott Dennstaedt, weather scientist, ForeFlight LLC Low-level wind shear continues to be a hazard to all aircraft flying near the surface. This presentation will identify the types of low-level wind shear and describe their effects on aircraft performance. This includes hazards from thunderstorms as well as those from nonconvective wind-shear events. Special attention will focus on benign-looking environments that can lure a pilot into an encounter with dangerous low-level wind shear, often with fatal results.
MIXING AVIATION AND MEDICINE Mar. 1, 2016 | 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm | C101
Mar. 2, 2015 | 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | C201 Presenter: Dudley Smith, associate executive director, Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Professional Development Credit: FAA WINGS program credit This session will look at the similarities and difference between the worlds of aviation and medicine. Our focus will be on sharing the medical side of air medical programs with those in the aviation world and will explain and address medical terminology, as well as the challenges and rewards of being in air medical transport.
MSG-3: MAINTAIN AIRCRAFT AVAILABILITY, RELIABILITY, SAFETY – FOR LESS
Mar. 2, 2016 | 8:00 am – 10:00 am | C205 Presenter: Marco Macedo, Bell Helicopter Professional Development Credit: FAA AMT program In designing the Model 429, Bell Helicopter decided to adapt and follow reliability-centered maintenance techniques commonly used by airlines but new to the helicopter industry. The resulting methodology for developing rotorcraft maintenance schedules, MSG-3, typically offers a 30-percent reduction in direct maintenance costs. Attendees will acquire a baseline understanding of MSG-3 from which to develop their own maintenance program for approval by their local principal maintenance inspector.
MY TYPE A IS BETTER THAN YOURS! Mar. 1, 2016 | 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm | C108 Presenters: Scott Burgess, assistant professor, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Worldwide, and member, U.S. Helicopter Safety Team; Katherine Hilst, Safety Design Consulting Professional Development Credit: FAA AMT and WINGS programs credit We have a problem when attitudes conflict with good decision making. When we let Type A personalities get in the way when critical thinking and problem solving are necessary, the results can be catastrophic. This session will be an active debate about the good and bad decisions happening in our industry right now.
NAVIGATING MEDICAL ISSUES IN FLIGHT OPERATIONS Mar. 2, 2016 | 9:15 am – 10:15 am | C104 Presenter: Charles Mathers, MD, MPH, assistant professor, UTMB Health, and medical director, UTMB Aerospace Medicine Center Professional Development Credit: FAA WINGS program credit This session will review medical issues that challenge pilots and flight operators. Attendees will gain an understanding of ways to address these challenges while minimizing employee downtime, enhancing a culture of safety, and optimizing the bottom line. Topics will include pilot medical certification, fitness for duty evaluations, and a discussion about the benefits of establishing a HIMS (Human Intervention Motivation Study) program within a helicopter operation.
PILOT ERROR! TRUTH OR DARE? • C105 Mar. 1, 2016 | 8:30 am – 9:30 am | C105
Mar. 2, 2016 | 8:00 am – 9:00 am | C105 Presenter: Rex J. Alexander, senior consultant, HeliExperts International, LLC Professional Development Credit: FAA WINGS program credit “You’ve seen wrong so long you’ve forgotten what right is supposed to look like.” This saying describes cultural acceptance of a known risk. Given enough time, there often comes a point within an organization that a conscious decision is made to accept a known risk. The problem is that over time, that
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accepted risk is replaced by normalcy (otherwise known as complacency), and everyone forgets the issue was ever a risk in the first place.
THE PROMISED LAND: STARTING AN HAA CERTIFICATE Mar. 2, 2016 | 11:45 am – 12:45 pm | C105 Presenter: Todd Lepper, check airman, Mayo Clinic Medical Transport Professional Development Credit: FAA AMT and WINGS programs credit At some point, everyone who has worked for or with a helicopter air ambulance (HAA) vendor has thought about having their own certificate. This session will look at some of the lessons learned by a program that started its own Part 135 HAA certificate.
ROTOR OR NOT, HERE WE COME: MANAGING COCKPIT DISTRACTIONS
Mar. 1, 2016 | 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm | C105 Mar. 2, 2016 | 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | C105 Presenter: Steve Sparks, PhD, FAA aviation safety inspector, and member, U.S. Helicopter Safety Team Professional Development Credit: FAA WINGS program credit When flying helicopters, managing distractions plays a critical role in safety. Whether a mission involves a local flight or a cross-country, the amount of attention and preparation that goes into each flight is usually reflected in the results. Maintaining one’s focus is better than being caught off guard and falling behind the aircraft. Pilots who are mentally prepared and remain focused on the task at hand are more likely to handle normal and abnormal situations in the cockpit successfully. Thinking ahead while staying focused on the task at hand is the name of the game. Tips offered during this presentation will help mitigate the consequences of distractions just waiting to ensnare pilots without warning.
ROTORCRAFT/VTOL/MULTIROTOR UAS ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS
Mar. 1, 2016 | 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | C105 Mar. 2, 2016 | 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm | C105 Presenter: Robert Joslin, PhD, chief scientific and technical advisor for flight- deck technology integration, FAA Professional Development Credit: FAA WINGS program credit We will examine the types of events associated with accidents and incidents involving civil and public-use unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operating in the National Airspace System, using the FAA database of UAS accident and incident preliminary reports, with a focus on rotorcraft, VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing), and multirotor UAS.
SAFETY COMMITTEE TOWN HALL Mar. 1, 2016 | 10:00 am – 12:00 pm | B102 A panel of industry professionals from various operational sectors will lead the Town Hall in a discussion on current safety challenges. They will also address comments and questions from surveys conducted by the Safety Committee. What safety resources are you looking for? Where should the industry focus its safety efforts? The HAI Safety Committee is listening! Come join this informative discussion.
SAFETY DIRECTORS FORUM: THE IMPACT OF RECENT ACCIDENTS ON THE HELICOPTER INDUSTRY –
CONVERSATIONS WITH SENIOR NTSB AND FAA MANAGERS AND STAFF Feb. 29, 2016 | 10:30 am – 12:00 pm | C104 Presenters:Clint Johnson, chief of the NTSB Alaska Regional Office; Jeff Guzzetti, manager, FAA Accident Investigation Division; and key NTSB and FAA rotorcraft engineering experts Using recent helicopter accidents and their investigations as a springboard, senior National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and FAA investigative managers and engineers will facilitate a discussion about recent rulemaking that is impacting — or could soon impact — the helicopter industry. Safety directors or their representatives will be able to engage the presenters in an open discussion of the potential challenges and solutions regarding these new requirements. This is a unique opportunity for anyone managing an aviation safety program.
SAFETY IGNITED! LESSONS LEARNED Mar. 2, 2016 | 10:30 am – 11:30 am | C105 Presenters: HAI Safety Committee Professional Development Credit: FAA AMT and WINGS programs credit This fast-paced presentation will provide at least 10 different lessons learned from events that have occurred among several different rotorcraft industry sectors, including but not limited to oil and gas, air medical, heavy lift, firefighting, law enforcement, and power line/utility. This Ignite presentation will include case studies where participants will learn to trap and mitigate human error.
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