Improving Safety in Aviation

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Improving Safety in Aviation the main aim of
language proficiency
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• Flying is so many parts skill,
• so many parts planning,
• so many parts maintenance, and so many parts
  luck.
• The trick is to reduce the luck by increasing the
  others
• David L. Baker

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Concept of safety (Doc 9859)

• SAFETY is the state in which the risk of harm to
  persons or property damage is reduced to, and
  maintained at or below, an acceptable level
  through a continuing process of hazard
  identification and risk management.

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Two fundamental concepts

• Hazards within LP context
• non-standard phraseology
• low level of comprehension
• poor vocabulary
• unknown terminology
• unintelligible speech / indistinct pronunciation
  misunderstandings, etc.
• Risks within LP context
• runway incursions
• take-off / landing on improper runways
• ground collisions, etc.

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Risk management ? risk mitigation/elimination
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The evolution of safety thinking
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Organizational processes to improve safety

1. Development of State policy on safety assurance
   and promotion
2. Workshops, seminars, conferences to discuss and
   decide on burning questions

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Organizational processes to improve safety
3. Development of regulatory documents on
LPR. In 2008 the SAA of Ukraine issued
Regulatory document called Aviation Personnel
Language Proficiency Testing in accordance with
the ICAO Rating Scale in which the Test Format,
Test Procedure and Test Team Qualifications are
described.
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Organizational processes to improve safety
4. Training of Aviation English Teachers,
Examiners/Raters (28 people) 5. Development and
approval of LP training programmes and tests in
accordance with the ICAO Doc. 9835 (2nd edition),
ICAO Cir. 318 and Cir. 323 6. Foundation and
Certification of training/testing centres (10
centers).
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Aviation English Training Centers in Ukraine
Higher Educational Establishments
ICAO Training Institute (National Aviation
University )
State Flight Academy of Ukraine
Airline and ATC Providers Training Centers Airline and ATC Providers Training Centers
Ukraine International Airlines Dniproavia
Aerosvit Interbridge
Lviv State Airlines Aerolingua
IJSAC Urga ASTC Antonov
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Organizational processes to improve safety

• 7. Periodical audits and surveys of Aviation
  English Training Centers based on their test
  records and documents analysis.
• In December 2010 there was raters/examiners
  accreditation regarding all new Aviation LP
  approaches, requirements, demands and
  recommendations.

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Organizational processes to improve safety
8. Pilots and Controllers initial and recurrent
trainings to maintain operational level and
above. 9. Integration of Flight Simulator
Training and LP Training.
Initial Training 360-hour Course
Recurrent Training 48-hour Course
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The essential is invisible to the eyes
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Risk mitigation Defences

• Three basic defences in aviation
• Technology (modern and sophisticated equipment)
• Training / Testing (appropriate methods)
• Regulations (rules and requirements).

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Problems to be solved

• Tests harmonization at different training centres
  in all Contracting States
• Validation of LP Test Results demonstrated in
  the other country

• LP Maintenance and Sustainability training
  programmes development and implementation
  according to Cir.323.

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LP Maintenance and Sustainability Training
LP Training Programmes efficiency
The balance will improve communication skills and
mitigate risks. Therefore, the safety level will
be increased.
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LP Maintenance and Sustainability Training

• Radiotelephony

Aviation English plain language
LP Maintenance and Sustainability Training
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Conclusions

• To assure safety the system approach is to be
  applied to Aviation English Training / Testing
• Integration of Flight Simulator Training and LP
  Training
• Harmonization of test content and test procedure
  in all Contracting States
• LP Maintenance and sustainability trainings as
  an instrument to improve safety.

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• Lets learn from yesterday
• Work for today and
• Hope for tomorrow

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• Thank you for your attention!