AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL ALPA

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AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL ALPA

• JOHN OBRIEN
• Director
• Engineering Air Safety Department

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ALPA

• 64,000 MEMBERS
• Flying for 42 Airlines in U.S. and Canada
• Representing Domestic/International/Pax/Cargo
• Member, International Federation of Air Line
  Pilots Associations - IFALPA

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AREAS OF DISCUSSION

• ALPA APPROACH
• EDUCATION
• TRAINING
• OUTREACH

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VOLCANIC ASHMulti-Faceted Approach

• Twenty-plus Years of Progress
• Helped Identify and Categorize Damages
• Promoted Operational Awareness
• Promoted Research and Development
• Promoted Improved Detection Capabilities
• Helped to Improve and Coordinate Global
  Communications
• Working on Education Program

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VOLCANIC ASH Education and Training

• No Innocent Ash cloud
• Detection and Warning Limited in Scope
• Fundamental 1st step Avoidance
• Appropriate Reactions if Ash is Encountered
• Procedures to Minimize Impact of Encounter
• Understand, some damage inevitable
• Examples of Materials for Academics

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VOLCANIC ASHMaterials for Academics

• US Geological Survey (USGS) Bulletin 2047 -
  Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety Proceedings of
  the First International Symposium on Volcanic
  Ash and Aviation Safety, Edited by Thomas J.
  Casadevall, Washington, DC, 1994

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VOLCANIC ASH Materials for Academics

• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
  Doc. 9691-AN/954 Manual on Volcanic Ash,
  Radioactive Material, and Toxic Chemical Clouds,
  First Edition 2001

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VOLCANIC ASH Materials for Academics

• US Geological Survey (USGS) World Map of
  Volcanoes and Principal Aeronautical Features, by
  Thomas J. Casadevall and Theodore B. Thompson,
  Prepared in cooperation with Jeppesen Sanderson,
  Inc., 1995

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VOLCANIC ASH Materials for Academics

• FAA Aviation Safety Journal Reprint, The Volcano
  Threat to Aviation Safety, Washington, DC, 1991

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VOLCANIC ASH Materials for Academics

• US Geological Survey (USGS) Open-File Report
  93-518, Volcanic Ash and Airports Discussions
  and Recommendations from the Workshop on Impacts
  of Volcanic Ash on Airport Facilities, by Thomas
  J. Casadevall, Seattle, WA, April 26-28, 1993

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VOLCANIC ASH Materials for Academics

• Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM), Volcanic
  Activity Reporting Form (VAR), 2004

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VOLCANIC ASHEducation and Training

• Dispersion Path
• Difficult to model forecast
• Critical to define footprint
• Airport Contamination
• Equipment damage
• Runway surface effects

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VOLCANIC ASHEducation and Training

• Key Elements
• Detection Seismic, satellite, visual
• Path prediction Environmental winds, forecast
  algorithms
• Communications Interagency intergovernmental
• Difficulties
• Areas often remote North Atlantic and North
  Pacific
• Night Lightly populated, no seismic monitoring
• Lack of lead time Minimal communications

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VOLCANIC ASHOutreachResearch and Development

• Detection Satellite Sensor Improvements
• Resolution hot spots
• Day/night/all weather
• Effective alert/action network