Program Update
Issue 4 - August 2012
Inside this issue: Managing Director Update Also in this edi on, we introduce a new tool that is being made available to BARS Member One of the exci ng things to come Organiza ons. 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 opera ons in a variety of condi ons. posi ve impact that this is having on New Avia on 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 Organiza ons In this edi on, 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 correc ve ac on plans. By now, many of you will be familiar with the Avia on Coordinator (AVCO) courses that have We have two new organiza ons 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 Organiza on. Hart Avia on 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 opera ons that will become available Current BARS Sta s cs 4 later this year. The Ground Opera ons 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 newsle er and via BARSo . BARS Member 4 Organiza ons 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 Australia and has been providing charter services to major resource clients in the region since their The 2012/2013 Calendar: incep on. 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 Avia on Risk Tool for Please contact the Program Office for further San ago, Chile informa on on the use of this tool. December 2012: Member Organiza ons 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 Organiza ons. Vancouver, Canada The tool was developed by Newcrest Mining and Auditor Accredita on: has been made available for use by other BMOs TBC — 4Q 2012: through the Founda on. Melbourne, Australia The tool, designed to be used via the company’s Meet us: intranet site, will assist management and other October: personnel with conduc ng risk assessments of IASS — San ago, Chile ac vi es involving avia on support against the BAR Standard. November: ARC 2012 ‐Australian To assist with op mizing the tool’s use for your Resources Conference & site, the original developers of the so ware can Trade Show — tailor it to suit. Perth, Australia FSF BARS Safety Alerts ber Organiza ons via BARSo . The BPO has recently released four Safety Alerts concerning: BARS Member Organiza ons will now be able to stabilized approaches; aerodrome opera ons; receive Safety Alerts generated from the BARS aircra ELT installa ons and data derived from Program Office (BPO). These Safety Alerts will be BARS Audits. Informa on for sharing via Safety derived from safety informa on forwarded to Alerts can be forwarded to the BPO by Member Organiza ons. The infor‐ BARS@flightsafety.org or can be sent to Greg ma on will be de‐iden fied, where this has not Marshall at marshall@flightsafety.org h p://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 twi er service to them." @fsfBARS HART Aviation “We are pleased to have HART Avia on on board HART Avia on 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 Avia on is the eighth audit company to "A number of our mining industry clients and An airplane is landing a ain BARS Audit Company registra on status. also aircra operators have expressed their in‐ approximately every 2.0 seconds somewhere in terest in having HART Avia on par cipate 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 Avia on Group Afrijet Business Service Air Niugini Sahel Avia on Service Air Pioneer SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AFRICA Airfast Indonesia Air‐Tec Alliance Airlines Allegiance Air BPW Avia on (t/a Airspeed Avia on) Anglo Opera ons Bristow Helicopters Australia Auric Air Services Central QLD Avia on Awesome Flight Services Corporate Air CemAir ExecuJet Australasia Na onal Airways Corpora on Execu ve Airlines SKA South Africa Aircra Leasing Fugro Spa al Solu ons Solenta Avia on Helicopters (NZ) Springbok Classic Air Starlite Avia on Opera ons Heliwest Group Swi Flite Hevili Karratha Flying Services EUROPE Marcplan Charter/Southern Cross Jets Bond Offshore Helicopters Na onal Jet Express (t/a Cobham Avia on Services) Heli‐Union Nauru Air Corpora on (t/a Our Airlines) Zimex Avia on Network Avia on Australia NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA Pel‐Air Avia on Arc c Sunwest PT Nyaman Air Cu er Flight Management Polar Avia on First Air Skywest Airlines (Australia) Great Slave Helicopters Sunstate Airlines and Eastern Australia Airlines (t/a QantasLink) Na onal Helicopter Services PT Travira Air NetJets Avia on Tropicair SOUTH AMERICA Vincent Avia on (Australia) Aero Transporte Virgin Australia Airlines Aerocardal Whitsunday Helicopter Group DAP Helicópteros MIDDLE EAST EcoCopter Helicopters.cl Aircra Sales and Services Limited (ASSL) Inaer Helicopter Chile Pakistan Interna onal 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 Aeronau cal 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 Sta s cs 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 a ached 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‐conformi es associ‐ Findings to date: 4426 All findings have been closed or have an ap‐ ated with passenger safety briefings Findings closed: 2626 proved correc ve ac on plan for closure. 56% of operators had non conformi es associ‐ ated with Crew Resource Management (CRM) *Data obtained from FSF BARSo database. For more Accredited Auditors: 82 informa on contact BARS Program Office
Auditor Accredita on courses conducted: 11 in 4 countries Some of our current BARS Member Organiza ons There are now 17 BARS Member Organiza ons that include the following: BARS Registered Audit Companies: 8
BARS Member Organiza ons: 17
AVCO
AVCO courses conducted: 15 in 9 countries
AVCO course par cipants: >180 About the BAR Standard Standard The BAR Standard was developed from an industry‐iden fied need to establish a common safety audit standard that could be applied to Flight Safety Founda on Ltd resource sector avia on support ac vi es. It GPO Box 3026 provides contrac ng companies with the level of Level 6, 278 Collins Street safety assurance required by their respec ve organiza ons. The Standard was developed Melbourne VIC 3001, Australia from a risk‐based model framed against the +61 1300 557 162 actual threats posed to avia on opera ons. It +61 1300 557 182 fax directly links these to associated controls and BARS@flightsafety.org recovery and mi ga on measures, as opposed h p://flightsafety.org to the outdated prescrip ve format previously Many resource sector companies rely on used within the industry. Or follow us on twi er chartered aircra operators for a number of @fsfBARS support ac vi es including, most importantly, The Standard provides a consistent audit model the movement of company personnel. The that allows member resource companies to aircra suppor ng these ac vi es 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 , u lized in a variety of audit. challenging environments.