FA ATSB TRANSPORT SAFETY REPORT Aviation Safety Research Grant – B2004/0237 Regional Airline Line Operations Safety Audit Captain Clinton Eames-Brown Safety Manager, Regional Express January 2007 ATSB TRANSPORT SAFETY REPORT Aviation Safety Research Grant - B2004/0237 Regional Airline Line Operations Safety Audit Captain Clinton Eames-Brown Safety Manager, Regional Express January 2007 - i - Published by: Australian Transport Safety Bureau Postal address: PO Box 967, Civic Square ACT 2608 Office location: 15 Mort Street, Canberra City, Australian Capital Territory Telephone: 1800 621 372; from overseas + 61 2 6274 6590 Facsimile: 02 6274 6474; from overseas + 61 2 6274 6474 E-mail:
[email protected] Internet: www.atsb.gov.au Aviation Safety Research Grants Program This report arose from work funded through a grant under the Australian Transport Safety Bureau’s Aviation Safety Research Grants Program. The ATSB is an operationally independent bureau within the Australian Government Department of Transport and Regional Services. The program funds a number of one-off research projects selected on a competitive basis. The program aims to encourage researchers from a broad range of related disciplines to consider or to progress their own ideas in aviation safety research. The work reported and the views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the Australian Government or the ATSB. However, the ATSB publishes and disseminates the grant reports in the interests of information exchange and as part of the overall safety aim of the grants program. © Australiawide Airlines 2007 - ii - CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................... vi EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.................................................................................... vii ABBREVIATIONS .............................................................................................. viii GLOSSARY..........................................................................................................