1 18 March 2010AGNA meeting EASAC update Yves Morier

2 18 March 2010AGNA meeting …The Agency part of a bigger system Commission EASA Eurocontrol NAAs ICAO

3 18 March 2010AGNA meeting …The Agency part of a bigger system DATA IN ACTION OUT Rulemaking Oversight Safety Promot Safety Management Rulemaking Oversight Safety Promotio SSP Rulemaking Oversight Safety Analysis, Research & Promotion SSP + ASP EASP MS EASA

4 18 March 2010AGNA meeting …The Agency part of a bigger system  Creation of the European Aviation Safety Advisory Committee (EASAC) end of 2009:  Report to EASA Management Board,  Meetings every 2 months.  Tasked to advise on European Aviation safety:  Strategy: Policies and objectives from political authorities,  Programme: Integrated set of regulations and activities aimed at improving safety.  Plan: High level safety issues assessment and related action plan, EASAC

5 18 March 2010AGNA meeting EASAC Tasks  Objective  Contribute to the development of the European Aviation Safety Strategy.  Tasks  Review the outcome of the European Aviation Safety Programme working group, after consultation with the Accident Investigation Boards.  Facilitate the development and regular review of the European Aviation Safety Plan,  Identify the need for action,  Establish a mechanism to monitor the action implementation status,  Propose safety indicators and metrics. EASAC

6 18 March 2010AGNA meeting EASAC members  Chaired by the Executive Director.  Agency acts as secretary.  The EASAC comprises safety experts from the:  Commission (DG TREN)  Eurocontrol  Agency  Selected Member States  Industry  Association of European Airlines AEA  AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association ASD  European Cockpit association ECA EASAC

7 18 March 2010AGNA meeting Aviation safety strategy for Europe  An Aviation safety strategy for Europe is being drafted by the Commission.  Provisional structure of the document:  Where are we now?  Where do we want to go?  Need for a single statement of where we wish to be by  How to get there?  Actions at European level – an integrated safety plan,  Actions at International level - an effective global system of safety assurance. EASAC

8 18 March 2010AGNA meeting Aviation safety strategy for Europe  EASAC commented as follows:  Agreed the outline of the Strategy.  underlined that high level discussions on Just culture and the framework of data sharing ought to be mentioned as well as the vision in terms of resources.

9 18 March 2010AGNA meeting European Aviation Safety Programme  Objective to deliver by end of March 2010 a manual describing the European Aviation Safety Programme and its implementation.  Under the leadership of EASA Rulemaking  This manual will in particular:  Be based on the three pillars of safety management  Using a process based approach, describe the mechanisms and interactions leading to the elaboration of a multi-annual European Aviation Safety Plan based on duly identified safety priorities and related mitigating measures  Propose a risk assessment methodology allowing to identify these safety priorities and to monitor the effectiveness of the related mitigating measures EASAC

10 18 March 2010AGNA meeting  European Aviation Safety Plan:  High level safety issues assessment and related action plan  Planning:  High level safety themes in June  MB adoption in December  Focus on Commercial Air transport  However GA will be taken into account European Aviation Safety Plan (1/4) EASAC

11 18 March 2010AGNA meeting  Opinion gathering topics suggested within EASAC:  Sharing of raw data, need for a strong political system to avoid issues on disclosure of confidential data (just culture);  Analysis of data;  Harmonized approach on Performance Indicators (taxonomy);  Better sharing of information between Industry, NAAs and the Agency to avoid gaps and redundancy;  Current safety issues mostly rest with Human Factors, hence the importance of pilot training;  Climate change to be addressed in the Plan to adapt requirements to aircraft and operations;  Categorisation of risks separating historical risks from potential risks. European Aviation Safety Plan (2/4) EASAC

12 18 March 2010AGNA meeting European Aviation Safety Plan (3/4)  Need ad-hoc approach pending methodology defined  Possible approach:  Top 5 safety concerns from Member States  Synthesis of existing plans (DGAC, UK CAA, ENAC, ECAST, ICAO Global aviation safety plan, Agency top-5) EASAC

13 18 March 2010AGNA meeting European Aviation Safety Plan (4/4)  Two aspects:  Systemic issues: Some proposals below:  data sharing and analysis  future challenges  Just culture  Human factors  Interface between processes  Total system engineering process.  Specific topics (e.g. impact of climate change on safety) EASAC

14 18 March 2010AGNA meeting Safety performance indicators  Propose a risk assessment methodology allowing to identify safety priorities and to monitor the effectiveness of the related mitigating measures.  Multi-layer approach for Safety performance indicators: 1st tier: for general information purpose, as the ones in the Annual Safety Review, 2nd tier: to highlight key safety issues to be tackled Under further development by ESPICT (European Safety Performance Indicators Consultative Team) 3rd tier: to measure the effectiveness of safety management (Plan implementation). EASAC

15 18 March 2010AGNA meeting Other issues discussed in EASAC  Preparation of the ICAO high level aviation safety conference.  Among papers, conference on air safety and climate change in Cologne 8-9 September.  European Pool of Safety Analysts (EPSA):  Agreement to develop process, procedures, etc to enable implementation within 6 month  outcome on the conference on pilots training  Paper presented at the ICAO conference  Internal Group on Pilot training

16 18 March 2010AGNA meeting Next meeting (April 13) agenda  Adoption of the agenda  Adoption of the summary of the last meeting  EU communication on strategy  Strategy conference  Outcome of the ICAO High Level Conference  European Aviation Safety Programme  Top five safety concerns  Update on pilots training  AOB

17 18 March 2010AGNA meeting  Your comments and questions are welcome.

18 18 March 2010AGNA meeting Definitions and abbreviations  European Aviation Safety Strategy: Policies and objectives from political authorities  European Aviation Safety Programme: Integrated set of regulations and activities aimed at improving safety  European Aviation Safety Plan: High level safety issues assessment and related action plan  ISC: Internal Safety Committee  IETC: Internal Executive Technical Committee  EASAC: European Aviation Safety Advisory Committee  SMS: Safety management Systems  SSP: State safety programme  SPI: Safety performance indicators  ESSI: European Strategic Safety Initiative  ECAST: European Commercial Aviation Safety Team  NAA: National Aviation Authorities