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Airbus safety vision

OPTICS

Aviation Safety Research & Innovation

September 2014

Airbus

Yannick Malinge

Senior Vice President

Chief Product Safety Officer

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Where do we stand today ?

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Yearly fatal accident rate per million flights


Safety has significantly improved over the years…

Yearly fatal accident rate per million flights

What has aviation learned?

• Sharing of information is vital,

• Keeping highest training standards is one the keys,

• Technology has brought safety benefits & will continue.


Aircraft technology makes a difference

10 year moving average fatal accident rate per million flights

What has aviation learned?

• Sharing of information is vital,

• Keeping highest training standards is one the keys,

• Technology has brought safety benefits & will continue.


What is Product Safety about?

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Today’s safety risk context

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Air Transport System Operations in a wider range of countries with a variety of aviation background Evolution of ATM

New operations (e.g. RNP)

Evolution of regulation

Increased financial pressure

Increased operational pressure &

congestion in some areas

Communication society (need for buzz)

Evolution of liability stakes

Evolution of social risk acceptance

Airbus Fleet Growing fleet

Variability of configurations

Ageing fleet

Fast development of some countries

Beyond Air Transport:

Airline Operations

New business models

Increased operational pressure Evolution of aviation professionals


The main challenges in terms of safety

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2. The variability of operational contexts

3. The dynamic nature of the Aviation

System…and its uncertainty

1. A growing systemic

integration of air transport


Airbus response to the main Safety challenges

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Lead/contribute to combined approaches at ATS level

• RNP deployment program

• Industry joint/systemic programs…

10 year moving average fatal

accident rate per million flights

1. A growing systemic integration of air transport

Further enhance safety of Airbus aircraft

• Flight Envelope Protection

• Runway Overrun Protection System

• …



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Ad hoc safety support at airline/regional level

• Regional Safety Plans

2. The variability of operational contexts



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3. The dynamic nature of the Aviation System…

and its uncertainty

• Maintaining a high competence level and

organizational flexibility at the Air Transport

System level

From a priori responses… to resilience


These factors lead to the unavoidable question about the capability of the

Air Transport System to maintain the highest professional standard

From Research & Innovation….back to the “low hanging fruits”

• Some Examples of quick wins

• Operational/design level

Promote the replacement of circle to land, « Dive and Drive » « Step down » by RNP,

GLS and FLS

Emphasize the stabilized approaches to Touch Down with appropriate continuous

monitoring and respect of minima

Make the best use of available weather information and optimum use of weather radar;

Implement the latest generation of weather radar

Require energy-based/performance based runway overrun warning system

• Training level

Enhance knowledge, skills, abilities thru increased mentoring, Early hands-on, Recurrent

training – EBT

• Global Awareness level

Enlarge Safety Awareness at any level, at any domain of the Air transport System thru

robust safety knowledge development, SMS implementation

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