Wed, Mar 10, 2010
FAA Endorsed RA Tool Removes Subjectivity And Streamlines The
Process
The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) launched a
tool which effectively combines safety management system-required
risk assessment with convenience at the Air Charter Safety
Foundation's 2010 Air Charter Safety Symposium on March 3. The
association's new online risk assessment tool, NATA RA Check,
combines a highly comprehensive FAA-endorsed risk assessment tool
with the automation necessary to make its use quick, easy, and
accurate, NATA says.
NATA says its RA Check fully automates the
FAA-published Flight Risk Assessment Tool (FRAT), a worksheet-based
tool designed to consider the probability, severity and weighted
value of 38 leading accident causal factors. Developed by FAA
officials, respected aircraft operators, and other industry
representatives, the FRAT is designed to identify potential hazards
prior to flight and weigh the risk associated with each hazard
through a five-step process.
To use the FAA-published tool, operators must create numerical
thresholds that trigger additional levels of scrutiny prior to a
flight. RA Check removes subjectivity and standardizes results,
saving operators time and money while improving safety. RA Check
streamlines data-entry processes and provides further convenience
as it is fully integrated with the Computing Technologies For
Aviation (CTA) Flight Operating System (FOS).
Also at the symposium, National Transportation Safety Board Vice
Chairman Hart commented on the importance of creating a balance
between safety and productivity in the pursuit of safety
management.
"RA Check fulfills a vital role in safety management programs with
the perfect combination of sound safety risk assessment methodology
and convenient automation features," said NATA President James K.
Coyne. "Safety and compliance tools such as RA Check and IC Check
are greatly improving the business balance between safety and
productivity."
NATA says the RA Check key benefits include:
- Streamlines processes.
- Automates the criteria of the Turbine Aircraft Operators
Subgroup (TAOS) Flight Risk Assessment Tool formula and returns an
online response.
- Integrates with CTA's FOS, limiting manual data entry.
- Features automatic and user-generated email alerts for risk
assessment reports and risk factor questionnaires, which may be
viewed and addressed on your Smart Phone.
- Raises situational awareness by focusing only on factors that
pertain to each particular flight.
- Alerts crewmember about proactive safety measures for a
particular flight.
- Reduces training time, standardizes results and removes
subjectivity.
- Sets realistic operational thresholds.
- Takes the most comprehensive risk assessment methodology and
makes it as easy to implement as the most basic of models.
The program was developed, and is hosted and managed by,
NATA.
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