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is fitting testimony to the
on-going efforts of the
world aviation community
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Coincidentally, October 2005 marked ten years of safety
oversight at ICAO. We began in 1995 with safety
assessments, then evolved to a voluntary audit programme,
culminating in 1999 with the mandatory Universal Safety
Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP) and its expanded
version earlier this year.
The message from USOAP audit reports is clear – the
obvious and urgent need to correct identified shortfalls in a
number of States, in a co-ordinated and assertive manner. The
35th Session of the ICAO Assembly in 2004 recognised this
fact with the Resolution on a Unified strategy to resolve
safety-related deficiencies.
The Unified Strategy involves a shift in focus towards the
implementation rather than the development of standards. It
enshrines the universal principle of transparency and sharing
of safety-related information as a prerequisite to advances in
aviation safety. And it calls for the creation or strengthening
of partnerships to resolve deficiencies, essentially in the form
of regional or sub-regional safety oversight organisations.
As important as the ability to audit, however, is the ability to
bring about improvements. Resources allocated to audits and
to remedies must be carefully considered; no disproportionate
amount of resources should be allocated to auditing at the
expense of resources for safety enhancements.
Experience in the industry has shown that safety management
systems (SMS) are the most effective way of responding to
increased supervision with a relatively small workforce.
ICAO related initiatives include: standards for establishing
SMS; guidance material for States; aligned safety
management provisions for aircraft operations, air traffic
services, and aerodromes; and model legislation to support
the implementation of SMS.
Of course, safety management is not limited to individual
States alone; it must be co-ordinated and implemented in a
co-operative way, based on the ICAO framework. Global
consensus and co-operation are vital because all parties
involved in civil aviation have responsibilities for safety
oversight and compliance.
At the time of writing this message, the Council of ICAO
had just approved the convening of a worldwide safety
conference of Directors General of Civil Aviation for March
2006, with the objective of developing a safety framework for
the 21st century – a Global Strategy for Aviation Safety.
The time has come to review and bring all of our safety
initiatives under the umbrella of a global strategy, while
incorporating any new element that could further strengthen
aviation safety.
I believe that history will show this conference to be one of
the most important for global aviation safety and another
crowning achievement for global co-operation among States.
Global consensus and
co-operation are vital –
all parties involved in
civil aviation have
responsibilities for safety
oversight and compliance
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PLANNING AHEAD
By Simon Michell, Editor-in-Chief, ‘A vision for European Aviation’
one are the days when governments issued blank
cheques for the aviation industry to develop new
airports and Air Traffic Management (ATM)
systems. Pressure is building on all sides. Competing factors of
safety, security, the environment and cost have made the task
of planning for the impressive or alarming – depending on
which side of the fence you are on – growth in air passenger
numbers a complex and challenging endeavour.
Safety has to be the priority. The relative number of
accidents per flights cannot be sustained and has to be
reduced in order to maintain confidence in the industry, as air
travel is back on track to double in the next 15 years.
Increased security both at the airport and onboard the
aircraft has become an absolute necessity as recent acts of
terrorism have shown that elements of a nation’s transport
infrastructure can be the weapon as well as the target.
The effect the aviation industry has on the environment is
being examined and resisted to a much greater extent than in
the past. Noise and emissions are no longer being tolerated
by the general public, who are increasingly ramping up the
pressure on governments to show they care.
On top of all this, the passengers themselves have become
extremely sophisticated and their expectations for cheap
flights, easy access at airports and delay-free journeys are
G hitting airline and airport profit margins.
　
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