The Way Forward

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The Way Forward

• George PAULSON
• Director Safety, Airspace, Airports and
  Information ServicesEUROCONTROL

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Runway Incursion is an issue in Europe
100
Number Of Runway IncursionsPer 1,000,000
Operations
10
1
Rate of Runway Incursions at 9 different European
airports
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It is perceived as the highest risk among other
runway safety concerns
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However, even given raised awareness now, issues
remain

• The potential lack of data and reluctance to
  share safety information
• The absence of a harmonised and consistent
  approach for analysing the data
• The difficulty to understand causal and
  contributory factors

Impede progress to improvement
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First Recommendation from the Task Force
INDIVIDUAL EUROPEAN AIRPORTS SHOULD INITIATE A
RUNWAY SAFETY PROGRAMME
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Establishing a Runway Safety Programme

• ICAO Baseline Review the current implementation
  of ICAO material
• Data Driven Improve runway safety occurrence
  reporting and analysis
• Global System Approach Establish a local team
  (Pilot/ATC/Airport) to assess safety issues
• Risk Based Approach Assess potential improvement
  areas
• Safety Management Integrate runway safety into
  existing SMS

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Second recommendation from the Task Force
EUROPEAN COOPERATION FOR RUNWAY SAFETY SHOULD BE
PURSUED

• Sharing information and experience to
• improve the understanding of underlying causal
  and contributory factors and
• provide sound basis for establishing appropriate
  remedial actions

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European Co-operation for Runway Safety

• Support Individual Airports Runway Safety
  Programmes
• Evaluate the relevance of the proposed
  improvements
• Short Term (Procedures, Annex 14, Provision of
  Airport Information)
• Longer Term (New Technologies Human Factors)

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European Cooperation for Runway Safety (i)

• Support Individual Airports Runway Safety
  Programme
• Develop Awareness Material
• General Awareness for the Aviation Community
  (Leaflet Poster)
• Dedicated Awareness for ATCOs, Pilots Drivers
• Guidance Recommendations for specific local
  awareness actions
• Initial Guidance Improvement to the material
  initially developed for the survey purpose (based
  on FAA process)
• Additional Guidance Supporting its
  implementation supporting the identification of
  causal factors
• Means for Data Exchange Allowing safety data
  exchange and lesson dissemination
• Improve data collection and lesson dissemination
• Improve both the quality of runway occurrence
  data, and the collection and exchange process

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European Cooperation for Runway Safety (ii)

• Evaluate the relevance of proposed improvements
  Short Term
• R/T Phraseology and language proficiency
• Procedures and working methods (Pilots, ATC and
  Drivers)
• Implementation of Annex 14 (especially, marking,
  signs and lighting)
• Provision of airport information

A small group of experts
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Relevance of Proposed Improvements Short Term

• Small Group of Experts
• EUROCONTROL, GASR, ICAO, JAA
• ACI, ANSP, IATA representatives
• IFALPA, IFATCA
• Conclusions by January 2003
• Prioritised improvements
• Remaining open issues
• First Meeting 20 September 2002
• One meeting per month

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Relevance of Proposed Improvements Short Term

• Promotion of the recommendations
• Extensive presentations to CAA, regulators,
  airport operators, aircraft operators and ANSPs
• Wide consultation of aviation community
• A primary objective
• Achieve standardisation through ICAO process

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European Co-operation for Runway Safety (iii)

• Evaluate the relevance of proposed improvements
  Longer Term
• NEW TECHNOLOGIES Assessment of the safety
  benefits for preventing runway safety occurrences
• HUMAN FACTORS Programme to better understand
  human factors contributing to runway safety issues

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Proposed Actions

• Runway Safety Programme at European Airports
• European Cooperation to Elaborate Proposed
  Improvements
• Awareness campaign
• Improvement to data collection and lesson
  dissemination
• Short Term improvements (January 2003)
• Assessment of the need for longer term
  improvements

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Monitoring Progress

• Until now, work has been conducted by a dedicated
  Task Force
• If an European initiative is to be pursued, we
  need to establish a structured framework
  covering
• different types of operators and service
  providers
• different European regulatory regimes (JAA, GASR,
  SRC, etc.)
• coordination with ICAO

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Monitoring ProgressOur Proposal
Establishment of a Steering Committee

• Creation formally approved by EUROCONTROL, GASR
  and JAA
• Mission
• Make recommendations to EUROCONTROL, GASR and JAA
• Monitor their implementation
• Liaise with ICAO (including oversight)

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Monitoring ProgressOur Proposal
Establishment of a Steering Committee

• Membership
• ICAO
• EUROCONTROL
• GASR
• JAA
• Representatives from Airports Aircraft
  Operators, ANSPs
• Representatives from Professional Organisations

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Runway Incursion is an issue in Europe
100
Number Of Runway IncursionsPer 1,000,000
Operations
10
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Rate of Runway Incursions in 9 different European
airports