Pre-show Guide for HELI-EXPO 2016
SEEING IS BELIEVING: HELICOPTER ADVANCED VISION SYSTEMS Mar. 2, 2016 | 11:45 am – 12:45 pm | C108 Presenters: Charles (Cliff) Johnson, FAA general engineer and UAS task lead; Mike Webb, FAA program analyst Professional Development Credit: FAA WINGS program credit Recent technological developments in advanced vision systems, including enhanced/synthetic/enhanced flight/combined vision systems (EVS/SVS/ EFVS/CVS), allow for low-visibility operational concepts in helicopter flight operations. Helicopter point-in-space (PInS) instrument procedure approach minimums have reached their limits with the current suite of visual aids available to pilots (displays, lighting, and markings). Lower minimums can be achieved using GPS wide-area augmentation system (WAAS), but lower visibility minima can only be achieved with improved visual cues.
SETTLING WITH POWER (VORTEX RING): THE VUICHARD RECOVERY
Mar. 1, 2016 | 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm | C104 Mar. 2, 2016 | 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm | C104 Presenter: Tim Tucker, chief instructor, Robinson Helicopter Company Professional Development Credit: FAA WINGS programs credit Through the years, settling with power or the vortex ring state has caused much equipment damage and numerous injuries and deaths. A new recovery technique that is much more efficient in terms of altitude loss has been developed and tested over a period of time in Switzerland and the United States. The Robinson Helicopter Company has been teaching this new technique for one-and-a-half years. This instructional session will explain in detail this new technique.
SMS EVOLUTION: A VIEW FORWARD Mar. 2, 2016 | 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm | C205 Presenter: Gary Grass, president, Abante Safety Professional Development Credit: FAA AMT and WINGS programs credit What could be the net result of your journey of organizational transformation along the safety management system (SMS) superhighway? How can you know if your program and investment were successful, and what does it look like in the future? What can you expect from a successful execution? What lessons might you have learned? Take a 60-minute glimpse at one possibility for an integrated SMS future in your organization.
SMS FOR SMALL-FLEET OR PRIVATE OPERATORS Mar. 1, 2016 | 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm | C201
Mar. 2, 2016 | 8:00 am – 9:00 am | C201 Presenters: Bryan Smith, Airborne Law Enforcement Association and member, U.S. Helicopter Safety Team (USHST); Christopher Young, PRISM and member, USHST Professional Development Credit: FAA AMT and WINGS programs credit Despite the significant increase in safety that safety management systems (SMS) have provided large operations, some aspects of SMS create difficulties in implementation for smaller businesses or private operators. This session will offer an overview of new SMS information and tools that will allow smaller commercial and private operations to reap the same safety benefits large operators have come to enjoy. Several free SMS tools will be made available during this session.
SMS: NOT JUST FOR PILOTS Mar. 2, 2016 | 9:15 am – 10:15 am | C201 Presenter: Sunshine McCarthy, vice president of business development and education, Baldwin Safety and Compliance Professional Development Credit: FAA AMT and WINGS programs credit The very nature of an organization’s mission establishes a certain level of risk from the onset. Add other elements to the mix, and attitudes about acceptable risk begin to emerge. In this session, we will explore how humans, and more specifically personnel other than pilots, think about safety. Studies have shown that if the perceived benefit is high, a person’s tolerance for risk tends to increase. Pilots perform a flight risk analysis prior to takeoff as a way of removing that inherent perception of risk. Shouldn’t the same approach apply to everyone involved in the flight?
TOUCH-DOWN AUTOROTATIONS AND FORCED LANDINGS
Mar. 2, 2016 | 2:15 pm – 4:15 pm | C108 Presenter: Michael Becker, chief pilot and chief flight instructor, Becker Helicopters Pilot Academy Professional Development Credit: FAA WINGS program credit When it all goes quiet, the helicopter pilot needs to react immediately and automatically. Entering autorotation is only one part of conducting a full forced landing or precautionary landing procedure. This session will work through the various scenarios and offer discussion on managing a forced landing and surviving a crash.
WHAT THE FRAT? Mar. 2, 2016 | 10:30 am – 11:30 am | C101 Presenters: Bryan Smith, Airborne Law Enforcement Association and member, U.S. Helicopter Safety Team (USHST); Christopher Young, vice president, PRISM and USHST member; USHST SMS Committee members Professional Development Credit: FAA AMT and WINGS programs credit A flight risk-assessment tool (FRAT) is a powerful risk management instrument that can create positive changes in safety and operational capability, and it will soon be required of many operators. Unfortunately, it is a misunderstood tool, often simply used to check off a box in a safety management system. Using information from the IHST/USHST FRAT Safety Bulletin, this session will help operators, from private to large fleets, use a FRAT to lower risk, increase operational capability, and meet regulatory requirements.
WHERE’S THE PILOT? AN OVERVIEW OF UAS RESEARCH ACTIVITIES Mar. 1, 2016 | 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm | C101 Presenter: Charles (Cliff) Johnson, FAA general engineer and UAS task lead Professional Development Credit: FAA WINGS program credit Learn about the latest developments in the integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into the National Airspace System (NAS). The FAA continues to move aggressively toward the safe, timely, and efficient integration of UAS into the NAS, while maintaining the highest level of safety among disparate operations, including rotorcraft. This session will showcase UAS research activities and how they support the FAA’s goals of accommodation with all airspace users, especially those within the helicopter community, as well as the numerous obstacles that still exist for implementing this technology within the NAS.
WHICH HAZARDOUS ATTITUDE DOMINATES YOUR DECISION MAKING?
Mar. 1, 2016 | 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | C104 Mar. 2, 2016 | 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm | C101 Presenter: Robert (Bob) Bell, facilitator, CRM Training Basics Professional Development Credit: FAA AMT and WINGS programs credit Take a quiz and find out if you have a dominant hazardous attitude that affects your decision making. Receive links to sites that also offer online hazardous attitude assessment. We will also discuss when you are most susceptible to a hazardous attitude affecting your judgment.
WHY HUMS? Mar. 2, 2016 | 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm | C105 Presenter: Daniel Green, aviation vibration analyst, Chevron Professional Development Credit: FAA AMT and WINGS programs credit This session will discuss not only the intrinsic safety and maintenance benefits of a successful health and usage monitoring system (HUMS) program but also the constraints and challenges in developing one. We will cover the real-life experiences and challenges of a HUMS manager who built a successful program from scratch, including dealing with corporate constraints, demonstrating financial justifications, acquiring required resources, the importance of vendor relations, and actual case studies. Attendees will leave with an understanding of the challenges in developing a new HUMS program and managing an existing one, and the importance of adapting to the constant change within our industry, your fleet, regulations, and emerging technologies.
WILDLIFE HAZARDS TO ROTORCRAFT AND WILDLIFE STRIKE REPORTING AWARENESS Mar. 2, 2016 | 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm | C201 Presenters: Jenny Washburn and Phyllis Miller, U.S. Department of Agriculture Airport Wildlife Hazards Program Professional Development Credit: FAA WINGS program credit This session will provide attendees with an understanding of the nature and scope of the hazards that helicopter operations face when they interact with wildlife. The presenters will share an analysis of recently reported wildlife strikes in both civil and military rotary-wing aircraft and offer potential solutions that will increase the safety of your flight operations. Don’t miss this opportunity to increase your hazard awareness, develop skills to mitigate the risks associated with wildlife, and learn how to help others by participating in the data collection process.
THE ZERO ACCIDENT MARATHON: TRAINING FOR THE WIN Mar. 2, 2016 | 11:45 am – 12:45 pm | C101 Presenters: Nick Mayhew, commercial programs manager and EASA head of training, Bristow Academy, Inc., and chair, U.S. Helicopter Safety Team Training Working Group; Mike Phillips, Frasca International Professional Development Credit: FAA AMT and WINGS programs credit Attend this dynamic and engaging presentation designed to stimulate the audience into examining how the helicopter industry can operate and attain zero accidents. We will look at current trends, current philosophies, and discuss the path to zero by taking personal responsibility and making use of all the tools available to the helicopter industry.
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