Airline Risk Management

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Airline Risk Management

• Presentation by
• Mark Ferry

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Types of Risk

• Runway Incursions
• Bird Strikes
• Pilot Error
• Weather

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Runway Incursions

• Uncontrolled Airports
• RWSL
• FAA Visual Guidance System

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Bird Strikes

• Risk of Damage to Aircraft
• Risk of Accident

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Threat Overview

• -Between 1988-1992, over 25,000 strikes reported.
• -More than half at 100 feet.
• Encounters can involve over 100 birds at one time.

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Pilot Error

• Cause of 80 of all Accidents

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Preventing Pilot Error

• 1) CRM- (better training)
• 2)Crash Avoidance Systems

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Weather

• 1) Icing
• 2) CAT - clear air turbulence

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NASAs Research on Icing