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ONE QUESTION MANY ANSWERS By Christine A. DeJoy
How do you conduct briefings for yourself and others?
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Figure 1. If you conduct briefings, which checklist(s) do you employ?
How do you conduct briefings for yourself and others?
WATCH FAA Helicopter
Passenger Briefing Practices
NSURING FLIGHT SAFETY REQUIRES performing a variety of checks before and during the flight, including thorough preparation of pilots, crew, and, if applicable,
passengers. To learn how our readers conduct briefings in their organizations, in November ROTOR conducted an anonymous survey through HAI’s ROTOR Daily e-newsletter and the association’s social media channels.
None of the 61 rotorcraft professionals who responded flies by themselves; all regularly travel with other crew members and/or passengers. We asked this group whether they conduct crew or passenger briefings and, if so, which checklists they use, if any.
Less than 6% (3 people) of the 61 respondents don’t conduct briefings before every flight; rather, they rely on everyone participating in the flight to “just know what to do.”
The remaining 94% (55 individuals) said they do conduct briefings. Of this group, 53% (29) employ the FAA SAFETY (Seatbelts; Air Vents; Fire Extinguisher; Exit Doors, Emergencies, and Equipment; Traffic and Talking; Your Questions) checklist for passengers, the most popular option from a list of four common checklists used by pilots. (See Figure 1, at right, to learn which other checklists our respondents use most frequently.)
Regardless of the checklist they use, our respondents agreed that the top 3 most important elements of a briefing checklist, chosen from a list of 13, are danger areas or areas/items to avoid (92%); exit procedures during an emergency, including over water (88%); and the use of seatbelts and shoulder harnesses (83%). (See Figure 2, at far right, to find out how your peers ranked the other 10 checklist elements.)
What about your company? Do your pilots conduct briefings for themselves, or, if carrying crew or passengers, for others? Read on to see what others are doing in their organizations and how their procedures may differ from your own.
18 ROTOR DECEMBER 2021
53% FAA SAFETY (Seatbelts; Air Vents; Fire Extinguisher;
Exit Doors, Emergencies, and Equipment; Traffic and Talking; Your Questions) passenger checklist
35% I use my own checklist(s)
20% IMSAFE (Illness, Medications, Stress, Alcohol,
Fatigue, Eating) pilot checklist
16% PAVE (Pilot, Aircraft, Environment, External
Pressures) pilot checklist 13%
5 Ps (Plan, Plane, Pilot, Passengers, Programming) pilot checklist
16% Other*
11% None of the above
Note: Respondents could choose as many answers as applied to their organizations.
*Responses included “company checklist comprising IMSAFE and PAVE,” “helicopter briefing checklist per make and model,” “mission-specific briefing/risk assessment,” and “for crew, a one- page challenge-and-response checklist; for passengers, a video briefing in the arrival lounge prior to boarding the aircraft.”
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