Vladimír Plos

Challenges of Implementation and Practical Deployment of Aviation Safety Knowledge Management Software

This paper introduces practical issues of implementing and deploying safety knowledge management software to aviation safety. Domain specific intangible nature of the issues concerned is described and all factors which prevent successful application of any knowledge management system are documented. Aviation organizations are struggling to find any effective solution which would on one hand allow timely tracking of the dynamic knowledge and on the other to not limit or bias reporters or investigators within the knowledge gathering process. The article deals mainly with practical issues concerning the deployment of reporting software, which constitutes the interface between humans and ontology model behind the software, capable to address trade-offs between various conflicting design criteria as well as many aviation organization types, as the aviation safety knowledge is to be gathered in cooperation with the industry.

Ontological Foundations of European Coordination Centre for Accident and Incident Reporting Systems

The European Coordination Centre for Accident and Incident Reporting Systems develops an information system for reporting aviation occurrences on the European scale. The system makes use of various...

The Methodology for Evaluating the Safety of Operations at the Uncontrolled Aerodromes

The objective of this methodology is to determine the general procedure for the evaluation of safety indicators for operation at uncontrolled aerodromes. The basis of this assessment is to determine the processes that take place at the aerodrome and finding critical points in these processes. They are determined on the basis of observations at aerodromes and are based on current legislation. The result of applying this methodology to aerodrome operations is the identification of several indicators, which monitoring and the adoption of safety measures can enhance safety at these uncontrolled aerodromes in the Czech Republic.

Aerodrome Flight Information Service

The objective of this article is to describe aerodrome flight information service and activities provided by AFIS officer and also highlight potential improvements.

Metodology for Risk-based Indicators Impementation

The article describes the principle of creating a riskbased indicators in companies operating in an air transport. The first part deals with the description of safety indicators and introduce the concept of risk-based indicators. The next section describes the procedure for creating the base of risk-based indicators and describes specific examples of developed indicators.

State Safety Programme and State Safety Plan - Part two – States’ approaches to the issue

The aim of this article is to bring a closer look on the various state approaches to the State Safety Programme (SSP) and plan implementation and realization. Therefore, article describes and compares French, the United Kingdom, Finland, Belgium and Ireland approaches. Besides that, it also focuses on the differences between the old and newly issued French safety plan. The article brings an overview of the specific risks, defined in the individual state safety plans, and their classification into particular categories

Enhancing Safety at Airline Operations Control Centre

In recent years a new term of Safety Management System (SMS) has been introduced into aviation legislation. This system is being adopted by airline operators. One of the groundbased actors of everyday operations is Operations Control Centre (OCC). The goal of this article has been to identify and assess risks and dangers which occur at OCC and create a template for OCC implementation into SMS.

MEDA and its use in data collecting and evaluating

Article discusses the use of the Maintenance error decision aid (MEDA) methodology in the investigation of events and subsequent data collection and assessment which is needed for the collection and evaluation of safety indicators. The first part describes the methodology of MEDA, the second outlines the use of factors for the purposes of collecting safety indicators and evaluation of the safety performance of the organization in terms of implementation of risk factors contributing to the realization of unwanted events.

Reports about Occurrence of Events with Effect on Aviation Safety

T his article deals with a system, that is established to report the events with effect on safety. This system is based on requirements published in Annex 13 to the Chicago Convention and legislative foundations laid down in Regulation L13, Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) No 376/2014, Decree No. 359/2006 Sb. and Act No. 49/1997 Sb. Standards and legislative rules precisely define the types of events that are subject of reporting and also define the structure and content of the reporting message. This content is consists mainly of the identification data about the airplane and crew, information about the route and a short description of the damage to the airplane. In the following, we discuss the possible use of such a system of mandatory reporting for the needs of safety indicators. Then there are proposals of changes in the content of the reporting message for the need of safety indicators. The present knowledge indicates that the use of all opportunities provided by the law for the reporting of events can lead to a creating of sufficient basis for safety indicators.

State Safety Programme and State Safety Plan - Part one – State Safety Programme structure

State Safety Programme and plan are considered the main instruments in safety management. In that matter, this paper focuses on their description and simultaneously tries to clarify a need and significance of their establishment and implementation within respective state. All elements, defined in ICAO doc. 9859 as State Safety Programme (SSP) fundamentals, are separately described. These elements are divided into four groups, further detailed in individual chapters – State Safety Policy and objectives, State Safety Risk management, State safety assurance, State Safety Promotion.