1. Joint Helicopter Safety Implementation Team (JHSIT)
International Helicopter Safety Team (IHST)
Special Session
AHS Forum 63
May 2007
Virginia Beach, Virginia

2. Overview Membership The Goal Implementation Tools Leverage
Initial JHSAT Recommendations
Cultural Change
The Work Ahead
Implementation of Safety Initiatives

3. Name
Organization
Hooper Harris
Co-Chair
FAA, Manager, Commuter, On Demand and Training Center Branch
Gregory F. Wyght
Vice President, Safety & Quality, CHC Helicopter Corporation
Brian Jenner
President & CEO, Helicopter Association of Canada
Del Livingston
Eurocopter
Fred Brisbois
Sikorsky, Director, Aviation & Product Safety
Mike Hurst
PHI, Chief Pilot
Ray Wall
Bristow, Western Hemisphere Helicopter Services Director Quality & Safety
BJ Raysor
Arkansas Children's Hospital
Keith Johnson
Airborne Law Enforcement Association
Mark Fojtek
Silver State Helicopters, LLC
Tom Judge
Executive Director, Life Flight of Maine
Randy Rowles
Bell Helicopter Textron
Mike Frank
Commuter, On Demand and Training Center Branch

4. Factors That Led To Breakthroughs in
Major Fatal Accident Rates Since 1946
Pressurized Aircraft into fleet (L-049, DC-6 & B-377) Earliest ILS (Glide slope, LOC & markers)
Broad implementation of VOR and DME
Radar introduced at selected towers
Vickers-700 Turboprop (1953 in UK, 1956 US)
DC-7 (1955), Lockheed Electra ATC centers RADAR
and radio contact with cruise aircraft
Long-Range radar (Centers)
Jet Engine; 707 (1958) & DC-8
VOR/DME integrated into autopilot
(precision approaches)
Secondary radar
Major Fatal Accidents Per Million Departures
FMS
CRM & 6-Axis Simulator & FDR
Windshear
Cabin Safety
RNAV (processing VOR/DME & basic Instruments)
GPWS, TCAS; Early automation
FOQA/ASAP & ATC Data
RJ Revolution
New Large Jets
Cooperative safety agenda
At several points, major breakthroughs cut the fatal accident rate by about half in just 5 or 6 years. With few exceptions, technology explains those past breakthroughs. Changes were implemented most quickly when the economic case was compelling. Will focus on several selected factors.
Implementation of Safety Initiatives

5. Implementation Tools Rules/Regulations Standards Policies Guidance
Implementation of Safety Initiatives

6. Rules/Regulations Usually sets a May be tied to a Standard
Requirement,
Prohibition, a
Procedure, or,
Provides Information
May be tied to a Standard
The best regulations are
Foundational
Adaptable
Typically cumbersome to change – on purpose
Implementation of Safety Initiatives

7. Standards
A description of acceptable performance or characteristic for certification and ongoing operation
Technical Standard Order
Practical Test Standard
ATC Procedures
Airspace Design
Failure to meet the standard after certification may be cause for re-examination
Implementation of Safety Initiatives

8. Policies Usually contained within the regulatory agency
Controls the application of standards, and hence, regulations, by the regulator
Examples
Restricted Category Aircraft Operating Limitations
Check Airman Designation
Implementation of Safety Initiatives

9. Guidance
Provides the “school solution” for design, manufacture, operations, maintenance, and training
Advisory Circulars
Aeronautical Information Manual/ Aeronautical Information Publication
Handbooks
Training Aids
Safety Alerts For Operators (SAFOs)
Information For Operators (INFOs)
Implementation of Safety Initiatives

10. Leverage
If a rule specifies a performance, that rule can act as the fulcrum for policy which defines acceptable performance.
Implementation of Safety Initiatives

11. Implementation of Safety Initiatives
JHSAT interim recommendations:
Promote the adoption of Safety Management Systems in the helicopter community.
More consistent and comprehensive NTSB involvement and investigation needed in helicopter accidents.
Reestablish the collection of worldwide helicopter fleet hour data as previously performed by the FAA.
Establish a helicopter safety website to disseminate important information.
Use proximity detection equipment in helicopters.
Use flight recording devices and cockpit image recording systems in helicopters.
Develop a strategy to improve pilot Aeronautical Decision Making.
Implementation of Safety Initiatives

12. Implementation of Safety Initiatives

13. Cultural Change Drinking Smoking Seat belt use in automobiles
Then - Otis Campbell / the Andy Griffith Show
Now - MADD / Drinking and Driving
Now – Enabling is out…
Smoking
Then - “Dive Bomber” starring Errol Flynn and Fred MacMurry
Now – Second hand smoke / restaurants and bars
Now - Advertising
Seat belt use in automobiles
Then – “Sissy”
Now – Unacceptable not to use them
Implementation of Safety Initiatives

14. Framework for Cultural Change - Safety Management System
Scalable
Adaptable
Integrated
Compliant
IHST SMS Tool rollout for September IHSS 2007
Implementation of Safety Initiatives

15. The Work Ahead The Current JHSIT:
Dealing with JHSAT recommendations based on US NTSB data
Will develop processes and methods to implement foundational and technical recommendations
Will share those processes with Regional JHSITs
Implementation of Safety Initiatives

16. BALANCING COST OF SAFETY
SEEKING THE ‘BUCKET’
Cost Of Safety
Cost Due To Accidents
Total Cost
Business Cost
Safety does not come without cost.
Resources for safety must be balanced to ensure the best ‘bang for the buck’
A good safety program always operates in the ‘bucket’.
Safety Program Costs

17. CONCERN Level of audience
MOTIVATING RISK MITIGATION
High
RISK
Low
High
Decrease Concern
Decrease Risk
Increase Concern
Fad
CONCERN Level of audience
Data

18. International Helicopter Safety Team
The Work Ahead
International Helicopter Safety Team
We must expand active participation beyond North America
Regionality of risks and implementations
Physical environment
Business environment
Political Environment
National Regulators
ICAO
International Operators
Regional JHSITs
Implementation of Safety Initiatives

19. We are moving out on the foundational interim recommendations
Summary
We are moving out on the foundational interim recommendations
We await the technical recommendations from the JHSAT due next month
We look forward to working with the regional JHSITs
We are committed to fostering the Cultural Change
Implementation of Safety Initiatives

20. JHSIT CO-CHAIRS Hooper Harris US DOT/FAA
Commuter, On Demand, and Training Center Branch
(USA)
Gregory F. Wyght
Vice President, Safety & Quality
CHC Helicopter Corporation
(Canada)