2. HIGHLIGHTS
The Safety Forum 2018 was held in Brussels, at
EUROCONTROL, with the participation of
around 200 delegates from 52 different
countries.
The 2-days event covered different subjects on
20-min presentations, opened for questions and
with a final debate on the last day, to summarize
the discussion based on findings and strategies
for improvement as recommended by the
community represented in the forum.
We prepared a brief summary of some of the
presentations, as to highlight the main concerns
of the audience and point also the main ideas to
surpass the challenges faced in the industry
regarding Safety.
! Different presentations discussed the
importance of procedures, but also how they
should be designed to allow the professional
to think by himself and apply his knowledge,
especially on unpredicted scenarios.
! The application of data for safety was also
driven the discussions, with considerations of
a proper use of it in a sense to be aligned
with a “safety culture”, and not only to be
applied proactively, but in a way to bring
resilience.
3. Session 1: Setting the Scene
“
Professional aviators know how to discern what is important
based on proficiency, familiarity, flight complexity and a host of
other factors that may or may not be relevant at the time.
”
4. SAFETY BEHAVIOUR, PROCEDURES
AND KNOWLEDGE
Capt. Ed Pooley
The Air Safety Consultancy
The opening presentation addressed how
standard procedures, specially in the
cockpit (and with great contribution
coming from the OEMs), has contributed
for the reduction in accident rates.
Main issue now lies on how to address
pilot's misjudgments irrespective of
procedures and checklists.
It seems a consensus that this shall be
fought by:
!having the right amount of procedures:
just enough, but not too many, as to still
give certain autonomy for the
professionals to apply their knowledge
(CRM)
!improving compliance by ensuring the
professionals have a full understanding
of the reason behind the procedures
(training)
!fomenting a proactive safety culture,
where different kind of reporting are
welcome.
5. PROCEDURAL NON-COMPLAINCE:
THE COMMON FACTOR
Capt. Jo Gillespie
McKechnie Aviation
Most of accidents can be
avoided by prevention through
compliance!
As “shocking” as it can be, this
presentation shown that, besides
situational awareness, main cause of
accidents still lies under procedural non-
compliance.
Organisations can act to encourage
compliance:
!Define what is acceptable and
unacceptable
!Demonstrate compliance in leadership
!Front-line contribution to procedures
!Be alert to the symptoms and act
swiftly
!Spread awareness
!Demand professionalism
6. WALKING THE TALK – Delivering on
Safety Behaviours
Capt. John Monks British Airways
Capt. Stefano Prola IATA
Accidents per sectors are reducing and
everyone plays a role to achieve that,
from Regulators, to National authorities
and professionals within the
Organisations, in the figure of the senior
leaders, staff and unions.
The safety culture requires a continuous
improvement and must be based on
reporting, investigating, outcoming and
promoting.
The change of paradigm now is on the
paper of each “engine” that rolls the
safety behaviours: Technology, Process
and People.
"What has got us here, will
not get us there..."
7. PROCEDURES IN THE WILD
Tom Laursen
IFATC
The presentation focused also on
the impact of procedures on safety.
Procedures: sometimes less is
more?
Procedures cover sometimes much
simpler situations than real world,
so they need to allow margins for
adaptation.
How deep procedures must be? As
deep as it can get, but always
leaving some degree of decision to
the operators and allow them to
use their skills. This actually
enhances safety!
9. THE USE OF FDM TO INFLUENCE
FLIGHT CREW BEHAVIOR
Capt. Richard Weeks and Pedro Duarte
NetJets Transportes Aéreos
FDM can be integrated to SMS
and be used to act proactively
in safety enhancement and this
presentation shows how
NetJets achieved this and
concluded that:
!Constructive, confidential
use of individual data does
influence behaviour
!Aggregate data can also be
used to influence behaviour
!Flight data analysis can lead
to effective safety action
plans that change behaviour
10. RETHINKING THE BRIEFING
Capt. Rich Loudon Alaska Airlines
Capt. David Moriarty Royal Aeronautic Society
Through this presentation, we
were presented on how Alaska
Airlines managed to change their
Briefing and make it:
• Threat Forward
• Interactive
• Scalable
“Carrots and sticks are
so last century. For 21st
Century work we need
to upgrade to
AUTONOMY, MASTERY
AND PURPOSE.”
12. CONSCIENTIOUSNESS AND SAFETY
BEHAVIOR IN PILOTS AND AEROSPACE
ENGINEERS
Paul Dickens
Core Aviation Psychology
The presentation brought some light on a
study on conscientiousness on aviation
professionals, which showed that:
• Pilots and engineers in the sample were
significantly more conscientious than the
general population
• They are therefore more likely to
demonstrate safe behavior
• Assessment of this personality factor
could predict an individual’s likelihood of
operating safely
But, on the other hand, another test data on
347 US Air Force pilots involved in mishaps
suggest very high levels of this linked to
incidence of mishaps, which brings same
questions as other presentations: is less
flexibility, i.e. follow procedures to the
detriment of taking action, the big issue on
safety nowadays?
13. Final View
The forum this year served as basis to a broader discussion on how
procedures should be written as to, not only guarantee a standard and
provide a guidance to the user, but also to allow for flexibility: non-
flexible procedures have shown to be causing more errors as it takes
autonomy of the professional than to be enhancing safety.
The main conclusion of the different points of views of the event is to
remember that the aviation professional is trained to be capable of
using his/her judgment to solve unpredictable situations, but for that
the procedures must be written in a way to give him/her the
opportunity to think instead of just follow what is written.
As this subject dominated the discussions, this might be the driven
theme for 2019 Safety Forum!
To find more about the 2018 event, check out all presentation videos
and slide packs at SKYbrary portal:
https://www.skybrary.aero/index.php/Portal:Safety_Behaviours
The Findings, Strategies and Action Opportunities arising from
the 2018 Safety Forum are expected to be published at the
portal by end of June 2018.
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