FY2021 Southern (ASO) Regional Runway Safety Plan COMMITTED TO CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVING SURFACE SAFETY. www.faa.gov ATO Safety and Technical Training Executive Summary In response to the agency goal and follow up to the National Runway Safety Plan (NRSP), the ASO In accordance with FAA Order 7050.1, Runway Safety will coordinate this plan with all Regional Runway Safety Plan (RRSP) serves as a members of the Regional Runway Safety Team roadmap with regional runway safety emphasis (RRST) and the Regional Administrator. for FY2021. TABLE OF 04 FAA Safety Management System (SMS) The members of the Regional Runway Safety CONTENTS Governance Council (RSGC) and the Regional MICHAEL O’HARRA ASO Regional Administrator Runway Safety Program Manager(s) (RSPMs) 06 Regional Runway Safety Plan (RRSP) Methodology will determine the impact and resources. This is a fluid and dynamic document which will be evaluated and modified as events warrant. NOEL KIRBY ASO Regional Runway Safety Program Manager Runway Safety Program FAA Order 7050.1 07 FY21 RRSP Initiatives prescribes the FAA Runway Safety Program and establishes policy, assigns responsibility, and AIMEE MCCORMICK delegates’ authority for ensuring compliance with ASO Regional Runway Safety Program Manager this order within each organization. 08 Safety Assurance In accordance with FAA Order 7050.1B, ASO Executive Roster Runway Safety will obtain signatures from the ATO Executive Managers. Michael O’Harra ASO Regional Administrator 09 Safety Risk Management (SRM) Bruce DeCleene Director, Office of Safety Standards MIKE SCHMIDT Ryan Almasy ESA Air Traffic Services Director of Operations (A) Director, Eastern Service Center 10 Safety Policy Steven Hicks Director, Airports Division Southern Region RYAN ALMASY Mike Schmidt Director, Eastern Service Center ESA Air Traffic Services Director of Operations (A) 12 Safety Promotion Richard Morgan In accordance with FAA Order 7050.1B, the Director, Technical Operations Services (A) Service Area Manager will submit the final Eastern Service Area plan to the Runway Safety Group Manager for approval. Dr. Arnold Angelici 14 Appendices Southern Region Flight Surgeon ASO Runway Safety Team RAYMOND GERMAN Noel A. Kirby Manager, ESA Runway Safety (A) ASO Runway Safety Program Manager Aimee McCormick ASO Runway Safety Program Manager GIOVANNI DIPIERRO General Manager, Runway Safety (A) 4 Southern Region (ASO) Runway Safety Plan FY2021 Southern Region (ASO) Runway Safety Plan FY2021 5 FAA Safety Management National Runway System (SMS) Safety Plan Objectives The FAA employs a Safety Management System The goal for the NRSP is to leverage new pro- (SMS) which provides a formalized and proactive cesses, sources of safety data, and integrated approach to find, analyze and address risk in the safety analysis to reduce serious runway safety events, and to identify, mitigate and monitor the Identify Operating Hazards NAS. SAFETY conditions and factors that combine to create Program Data risk before serious events occur. ASSURANCE A fundamental impact of the National Runway Voluntary Safety Reporting Safety Plan has been the successful integration of To that end, and while formal directives and Remain the global leader Investigations in assuring runway safety SMS principles into Runway Safety Strategy. The agreements are developing, the Southern Re- Safety Risk Monitoring NSRP focuses on the development of inter-agency gion Runway Safety Plan will align its activities enhancement initiatives are effective in maintaining an Data Analysis strategic processes in the transition from event- with the principles and components of FAA’s current SMS to the greatest extent possible. acceptable level of safety at U.S. Partnership for Safety based to risk-based analysis in the assessment of airports with an air traffic control Audits and Evaluations current risk and in the prediction of future risk. tower. Analyze, Assess, Mitigate, SAFETY RISK and Accept Risk MANAGEMENT Develop Monitoring Plan Implement Runway Safety Safety Risk Management Enhancement Initiatives that Documents manage or reduce the risk of airport operations. SMS Orders SAFETY Safety Guidance POLICY FAA/ATO Safety Orders Establish and maintain policies SMS Manual and procedures to ensure adequate resources are available to accomplish the FAA’s near- term and strategic objectives. SAFETY Outreach and Education Products PROMOTION Lessons Learned Relentlessly promote best Workshops practices, lessons learned, and actionable information obtained Safety Communication from data analysis to our global Four Pillars of runway safety stakeholders. the FAA SMS 6 Southern Region (ASO) Runway Safety Plan FY2021 Southern Region (ASO) Runway Safety Plan FY2021 7 Regional Runway Safety FY21 Regional Runway Plan (RRSP) Methodology Safety Plan Initiatives The Safety Management System is composed needed due to changes in the operational The Regional Runway Safety Team (RRST) will un- of executives from the Airports Division, Safety of four main components which combine to environment. dertake the following initiatives during FY2021. No Standards Division, Air Traffic Organization, and create a systematic approach to managing specific completion dates are provided for each Technical Operations Services. The ASO Runway Safety Promotion and ensuring safety. These components are: action item in this plan, but all are expected to be Safety Program Manager monitors and partici- Safety Policy, Safety Risk Management, Safety Applicable FAA organizations must establish completed. pates in the National and Regional Runway Safety Assurance, and Safety Promotion. and maintain a safety promotion function. Governance Councils. Safety Promotion is a combination of training The RRST will provide the Runway Safety Gover- Safety Policy and communication of safety information to nance Council (RSGC) with information to deter- The ASO Runway Safety Program Manager, in Safety Policy is the organization’s documented support the implementation and operation mine impact and necessary resources for assign- collaboration with other Lines of Business (LOB), commitment to safety, which defines the safety of a Safety Management System. It includes ment to these initiatives. This document is fluid directly supports the Regional Runway Safety objectives, accountabilities and responsibilities actions taken to create an organizational and will be evaluated on a continuing basis and Governance Council and assists in executing the of its employees regarding safety management. environment where safety objectives can be modified as events warrant. Runway Safety Program Initiatives with the RRST. Safety Policy must be: achieved in fulfillment of its mission. FAA Order 7050.1B establishes RRST which in- All RRST members will collaborate in the develop- cludes the Runway Safety Program staff and at ment of this plan annually, with concurrence from y Documented; least one designated representative of Service the Southern Region RSGC. y Communicated to all employees and ASO FY21 Focus Airports Area Terminal Operations, Service Area Technical responsible parties; Following is a list of ASO Focus Airports The RSGC is tasked with identifying regional pri- Operations Services, Safety Standards, and Air- for FY21 Q1 and will be referenced in ports Regional Divisions. y orities to ensure local runway safety initiatives Consistent with FAA and U.S. SSP various sections of this plan. goals and objectives; and and concerns are properly vetted and coordinated Priority Airports for support and mitigation. The RSGC is chaired y Reviewed periodically to ensure it y GMU** y APF** by the Regional Administrator and is composed remains relevant and appropriate. y SFB y BKV** Safety Risk Management y SGJ** y FLL* y PDK y BNA All applicable FAA organizations must establish y FPR y FXE and maintain a Safety Risk Management (SRM) function that provides for initial and continuing Airports of Interest identification of hazards and the analysis and y CLT* y MIA* y y assessment of risk. SRM functions ensure that ATL* TPA* y MEM* y MCO* appropriate safety risk controls are developed and employed operationally. Monitor Airports y HWO** y GSO Safety Assurance y PBI y GNV** All applicable FAA organizations must y DAB y EVB** establish and maintain Safety Assurance y AVL y CHA processes to ensure that safety risk controls y LOU (CSA) y FAY achieve their intended objectives and are y SDF (CSA) y HSV y y used to assess operations to identify hazards. PGD** EYW y SAV y CSG Safety Assurance includes monitoring systems y OWB** (CSA) of interest and assessing the need for new risk controls, modification of ineffective risk controls, or elimination of those no longer *Core 30, **Federal Contract Tower (FCT) 8 Southern Region (ASO) Runway Safety Plan FY2021 Southern Region (ASO) Runway Safety Plan FY2021 9 2. Safety Risk Management (SRM) 1. Safety Assurance Implement Runway Safety Enhancement Initiatives (RSEI) that manage or reduce the surface events risk of airport operations. Remain the global leader in assuring Runway Safety enhancement initiatives are effective in maintaining an acceptable level of safety Local Runway Safety Action Team (LRSAT) - meet- Runway Safety Pilot Simulator at RSAT meetings, ings provide the foundation of the Runway Safety as appropriate. at U.S Airports with an air traffic control tower. Program and are the primary means to identify 2.6 Runway Safety will encourage and coor- and address site-specific surface risk at the lo- dinate with, at the appropriate level, for scheduled