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operator, shows why ASAP provides value for both the aviation employee and his or her organization. Te Reported Incident: On one air tour
flight, a chip light flickers. Standard policy requires landing as soon as possible. Te light continues to flicker and then turns solid. By this time, the pilot is 10 minutes from base. He turns around and heads back to the base, choosing not to land anywhere closer, despite many available options. Te light turns out to be faulty and not a
serious issue. But positive outcome aside, there are still questions about the pilot’s decision to fly for 10 minutes with the chip light on. Te director of operations reviews the
company’s just culture policy, and he considers the pilot’s decision to be reckless. Tat is, until the pilot explains that decision. Te ASAP Investigation: Te pilot tells
the ASAP event review committee (ERC) that he previously had flown in Alaska with a chip
light on and wasn’t able to set down, so he is comfortable flying with it illuminated. Also, the pilot relates that the tour company had previously told him, “If you’re going to land, make sure you land somewhere that it doesn’t end up in the news.” With further investi- gation by the ERC, what looked like reck- less behavior turned into a company pro- cedural issue. Outcome: As a result of the ASAP inves-
that decision. ASAP has gotten us closer to the mindset that we don’t need ‘macho’ in any way.” Te ASAP process helped the operator to
“ASAP more than pays for itself. And it’s brought items to our attention that might otherwise have fallen through the cracks.”
focus on deeper issues than the actions of one pilot. “Tis ASAP reporting helped us really look at what sort of attitudes are in the pilots’ minds when we train them. And we have to pay attention to what we say during training,”
tigation, that tour operator has embraced more conservative aeronautical decision-making and changed its communication and training protocols. Tere’s no longer a “go, no matter what” attitude. “Now, we tell them you can take off and turn around,” the operator notes. “And you can cancel the flight; we’ll applaud
he says. “When the pilots are in the air, we want them to only make aeronautical decisions. We encourage them to have a far more con- servative mindset when flying tours.”
Is ASAP Worth It? Te last word on ASAP is best summed up by those who’ve used it. “Anyone who’s not using ASAP is doing themselves a significant disservice,” notes the Part 91 operator. “ASAP more than pays for itself,” says the
tourism operator. “And it’s brought items to our attention that might otherwise have fallen through the cracks.”
New to Safety? Start Here For those operators who’ve yet to implement an SMS, HAI and ACSF are here to help by providing education, mentoring, resources, and tools. Our teams will take operators through the process of setting up an SMS and getting started with ASAP. As an added bonus, HAI members who participate in ASAP will get free access to the actively managed, Web-based ACSF SMS Tool, which helps teams manage all aspects of safety. Flight departments can use this tool to
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document aviation safety data, perform risk assessments, and assign corrective actions, among other things. Te platform also serves as an internal reporting program and offers multiple reporting options for each safety event. Users can voluntarily submit reports for an ASAP ERC meeting and export reports to the FAA’s Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing (ASIAS) system. Visit
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