Program Update

Issue 4 - August 2012

Inside this issue: Managing Director Update Also in this edion, we introduce a new tool that is being made available to BARS Member One of the excing things to come Organizaons. This tool is designed to assist 100th BARS Audit 2 personnel with assessing the risk of certain out of the BARS Program is the types of operaons in a variety of condions. posive impact that this is having on New Aviaon Risk Tool 2 Finally, the latest version of the BAR Standard, for Members the closure rate of findings. V4, has been released in Spanish as well as Organizaons In this edion, we provide a summary review of Russian. These can be accessed from the findings derived from 87 BARS Audits conducted website and the Spanish is available in hard copy New Audit Company 2 around the globe. The good news is that most of form via this office. these findings have been closed or are in the Courses FSF BARS Safety Alerts 2 process of being closed through agreed correcve acon plans. By now, many of you will be familiar with the Aviaon Coordinator (AVCO) courses that have We have two new organizaons that have been facilitated around various parts of the joined the BARS Program. WorleyParsons are New Audit Company 2 globe, principally for on‐shore resource sector the latest company to join the Program as a personnel. This course has recently undergone a BARS Member Organizaon. Hart Aviaon has review and update to ensure that it remains become the eighth Audit Company accredited contemporary. BARS Audits— Current 3 under the BARS Program. List of Aircra We are also well underway with the

Operators development of an AVCO course designed for off‐shore operaons that will become available Current BARS Stascs 4 later this year. The Ground Operaons for External Loads course is also under development and is expected to be available at the end of this BARS Audit Findings 4 year. Further updates will be provided in our Summary next newsleer and via BARSo. BARS Member 4 Organizaons Flight Safety Foundation COO Kevin Hiatt on a Greg Marshall Managing Director—BARS Program About the BAR 4 recent visit to the BARS Program Office Standard

New BARS Member the mining and oil & gas sectors. Like most organizations within the industry, they utilize Organization— outsourced aviation to support their activities. WorleyParsons We welcome WorleyParsons on-board and look forward to their contribution toward enhancing WorleyParsons is the latest organization to join the Program. the BARS Program as a BARS Member Organization. WorleyParsons is a global provider of technical, project and operational services to 100th BARS Audit In January 2010 KFS commenced a contract with BHP Billiton Iron Ore to operate its Pilbara Air Page 2 A milestone has been reached with Service between Port Hedland, Newman and Karratha Flying Services (KFS) having Shay Gap, with a dedicated King Air B200 aircra. undertaken the 100th Audit of the Their most recent BARS Audit was their second BARS Program. and the 100th completed under the BARS Program. The company is based in the Pilbara of Western and has been providing charter services to major resource clients in the region since their The 2012/2013 Calendar: incepon. They operate a fleet of 7 twin‐engine AVCO Courses: aircra, including three King Air and a Beechcra 23‐24 August 2012: 1900C. Yellowknife, Canada October 2012: Bogotá, Columbia October 2012: New Aviaon Risk Tool for Please contact the Program Office for further Sanago, Chile informaon on the use of this tool. December 2012: Member Organizaons Jakarta, Indonesia A new tool based on the BAR Stand‐ TBC — 4Q 2012: Adelaide, Australia ard will shortly be available for BARS 21‐22 March 2013: Member Organizaons. Vancouver, Canada The tool was developed by Newcrest Mining and Auditor Accreditaon: has been made available for use by other BMOs TBC — 4Q 2012: through the Foundaon. Melbourne, Australia The tool, designed to be used via the company’s Meet us: intranet site, will assist management and other October: personnel with conducng risk assessments of IASS — Sanago, Chile acvies involving aviaon support against the BAR Standard. November: ARC 2012 ‐Australian To assist with opmizing the tool’s use for your Resources Conference & site, the original developers of the soware can Trade Show — tailor it to suit. Perth, Australia FSF BARS Safety Alerts ber Organizaons via BARSo. The BPO has recently released four Safety Alerts concerning: BARS Member Organizaons will now be able to stabilized approaches; aerodrome operaons; receive Safety Alerts generated from the BARS aircra ELT installaons and data derived from Program Office (BPO). These Safety Alerts will be BARS Audits. Informaon for sharing via Safety derived from safety informaon forwarded to Alerts can be forwarded to the BPO by Member Organizaons. The infor‐ BARS@flightsafety.org or can be sent to Greg maon will be de‐idenfied, where this has not Marshall at marshall@flightsafety.org hp://flightsafety.org/bars already occurred, and distributed to other Mem‐ BARS@flightsafety.org +61 1300 557 162 phone +61 1300 557 182 fax New Audit Company— ward to doing so and to being able to offer this Follow us on twier service to them." @fsfBARS HART Aviation “We are pleased to have HART Aviaon on board HART Aviaon has joined the BARS as a supporter of the BARS Program,” said Greg Program as a Registered Audit Com‐ Marshall, Managing Director — BARS Program.

pany. HART Aviaon is the eighth audit company to "A number of our mining industry clients and An airplane is landing aain BARS Audit Company registraon status. also aircra operators have expressed their in‐ approximately every 2.0 seconds somewhere in terest in having HART Aviaon parcipate in the BARS Program” said CEO Jed Hart. “We look for‐ the world! Aircraft Operators who have completed a current BARS Audit Does not include Aircra Operators who have registered to undergo a BARS Audit or whose report is yet to be completed. Page 3

Air Operator Air Operator AUSTRALIA SOUTH PACIFIC WESTERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA Advance Aviaon Group Afrijet Business Service Air Niugini Sahel Aviaon Service Air Pioneer SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AFRICA Airfast Indonesia Air‐Tec Alliance Airlines Allegiance Air BPW Aviaon (t/a Airspeed Aviaon) Anglo Operaons Bristow Helicopters Australia Auric Air Services Central QLD Aviaon Awesome Flight Services Corporate Air CemAir ExecuJet Australasia Naonal Airways Corporaon Execuve Airlines SKA South Africa Aircra Leasing Fugro Spaal Soluons Solenta Aviaon Helicopters (NZ) Springbok Classic Air Starlite Aviaon Operaons Heliwest Group Swi Flite Hevili Karratha Flying Services EUROPE Marcplan Charter/Southern Cross Jets Bond Offshore Helicopters Naonal Jet Express (t/a Cobham Aviaon Services) Heli‐Union Nauru Air Corporaon (t/a Our Airlines) Zimex Aviaon Network Aviaon Australia NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA Pel‐Air Aviaon Arcc Sunwest PT Nyaman Air Cuer Flight Management Polar Aviaon First Air Skywest Airlines (Australia) Great Slave Helicopters and Eastern Australia Airlines (t/a QantasLink) Naonal Helicopter Services PT Travira Air NetJets Aviaon Tropicair SOUTH AMERICA Vincent Aviaon (Australia) Aero Transporte Airlines Aerocardal Whitsunday Helicopter Group DAP Helicópteros MIDDLE EAST EcoCopter Helicopters.cl Aircra Sales and Services Limited (ASSL) Inaer Helicopter Chile Pakistan Internaonal Airlines LC Perú ASIA Searca Awan Inspirasi Sdn Bhd Servicios Aéreos de los Andes Issue 4 ‐ August 2012 Page 4 BARS Audit Findings Summary

training and Aeronaucal Decision Making. A review of the past 87 BARS audits con‐ 11% of operators did not provide training for ducted globally have resulted in over Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems (TCAS) or 3000 findings*. The ongoing analysis of Terrain Avoidance and Warning Systems this data by the BARS Program Office (TAWS) has commenced, with the following ini‐ 20% of all findings are associated with aircra al results: operator’s management and safety manage‐ ment systems 25% of operators had a non‐conformity against 5 operators did not have a no‐transit policy Current BARS Stascs the requirement for stabilized approaches regarding external load with short line with no BARS 36% of operators did not have a ‘no fault’ go‐ load aached around policy documented 15% of operators did not have documented Audits conducted: 20% of operators did not have documented guidance associated with Thunderstorm avoid‐ 107 across 30 countries hand‐over procedures for mul‐crew aircra ance

 40% of operators had non‐conformies associ‐ Findings to date: 4426 All findings have been closed or have an ap‐ ated with passenger safety briefings  Findings closed: 2626 proved correcve acon plan for closure. 56% of operators had non conformies associ‐ ated with Crew Resource Management (CRM) *Data obtained from FSF BARSo database. For more Accredited Auditors: 82 informaon contact BARS Program Office

Auditor Accreditaon courses conducted: 11 in 4 countries Some of our current BARS Member Organizaons There are now 17 BARS Member Organizaons that include the following: BARS Registered Audit Companies: 8

BARS Member Organizaons: 17

AVCO

AVCO courses conducted: 15 in 9 countries

AVCO course parcipants: >180 About the BAR Standard Standard The BAR Standard was developed from an industry‐idenfied need to establish a common safety audit standard that could be applied to Flight Safety Foundaon Ltd resource sector aviaon support acvies. It GPO Box 3026 provides contracng companies with the level of Level 6, 278 Collins Street safety assurance required by their respecve organizaons. The Standard was developed Melbourne VIC 3001, Australia from a risk‐based model framed against the +61 1300 557 162 actual threats posed to aviaon operaons. It +61 1300 557 182 fax directly links these to associated controls and BARS@flightsafety.org recovery and migaon measures, as opposed hp://flightsafety.org to the outdated prescripve format previously Many resource sector companies rely on used within the industry. Or follow us on twier chartered aircra operators for a number of @fsfBARS support acvies including, most importantly, The Standard provides a consistent audit model the movement of company personnel. The that allows member resource companies to aircra supporng these acvies range from share in the audits of operators, all of whom small single‐engine helicopters to transport have been subject to a consistent standard of category jet aircra, ulized in a variety of audit. challenging environments.