1. Airservices Australia Runway Safety Group Meeting Canberra Friday 8 October 2010

2. Attendance:  Airservices Australia  ATC  CASA  ATSB  Airlines  Airports  Defence  ARFF.

3. Aim:  For stakeholders to work together to improve current practices to to improve current practices to reduce runway incursions. reduce runway incursions.

4. Agenda items:  Discussion / Open forum of issues  Presentations > CASA, Airservices Australia, ATSB Australia, ATSB  Endorsement of Sub Groups  Identification of Working Groups  Nomination for Steering Groups.

5. Runway incursions / Incidents Aircraft / Vehicles:  Frequency: – Statistics show that there is some type of runway incursion throughout Australia each runway incursion throughout Australia each day. day.  Causal factors: – Failure to comply with rules and regulations – Lack of situational awareness – Confusion – Radio transmissions.

6. Key stakeholders and roles:  Airports: - Design of airport - Design of airport - Carrying out of works in a cohesive manner - Carrying out of works in a cohesive manner - Provision of approach aids - Provision of approach aids - Appropriate and well maintained markings - Appropriate and well maintained markings - Robust sweeping operations - Robust sweeping operations - Well maintained pavements - Well maintained pavements - Robust airside driver program - Robust airside driver program - Good management of identified risks. - Good management of identified risks.

7. Key stakeholders and roles cont:  Regulators: - Provision of clear guidelines - Provision of clear guidelines - Provision of stabilised approach procedures. - Provision of stabilised approach procedures.  ATC: - Notification of relevant information - Notification of relevant information - Notification of weather - Notification of weather - Notification of wind sheer - Notification of wind sheer - Detection and notification of hotspots - Detection and notification of hotspots.

8. Key stakeholders and roles cont:  ATSB - Provision of findings of investigated - Provision of findings of investigated incidents. incidents.  Operators - Good infrastructure - Good infrastructure - Scheduling. - Scheduling.

9. Initiatives identified to improve Runway safety:  Airservices Australia is very keen to receive board reports from airports to gain a better board reports from airports to gain a better understanding of issues and incidents understanding of issues and incidents  Review of Radio Communication procedures and phraseology for runway crossings by and phraseology for runway crossings by aircraft and vehicles. aircraft and vehicles. 

10. Initiatives identified to improve Runway safety cont:  Improved airside driver training programs  Improved situation awareness training programs.  Reporting  Investigation  Sharing of information by all stakeholders.

11. Runway Safety Group Safety Performance Monitoring & Oversight Steering Group Local Runway Safety Team Promotion, Education & Training Aerodrome Procedures Development

12. Summary  Airservices Australia is keen to work with key stakeholders in a co-ordinated with key stakeholders in a co-ordinated manner to improve runway safety. manner to improve runway safety.