BARS Program Update December 2011
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Program Update Issue 2 December, 2011 BARS Managing Director Update Inside this issue: In our previous inaugural edition, I indicated that this newsletter would be published every four months. Well, we New look for BARS 2 Website and BARSoft are publishing this second edition only three months after the first to highlight a number of the changes that have The 2012 Calendar— 2 taken place to see us through the end of 2011. Upcoming Events In summary, since September, Mincor Resources, BARSoft database is undergoing a significant revi- Barrick Gold and International SOS, have joined sion that will improve user access and data re- The Current List of 3 the program as BARS Member Organizations. trieval. This system is about to undergo a period Aircraft Operators To date, 116 aircraft operators from across the of testing before its release to users at the begin- who have undergone globe have either completed, or are about to ning of February. BARS Audit undergo a BARS audit. Our second Audit Review All this and with the end of the year approaching and Technical Advisory Committee meetings were we look forward to even more positive news to Current BARS Statistics 4 held in Singapore during October to coincide with mark the beginning of 2012. the Flight Safety Foundation’s annual International Air Safety Seminar. The Foundation’s website has been updated with New BPO 4 BARS taking a prominent and convenient position Greg Marshall Managing Director Organization Chart for easy access to BARS information. And our BARS Program BARS Member 4 Audit Review Meeting in Singapore Organizations Since the first BARS Audit was BARSoft development program. All attendees actively participated in the two-day About the BAR 4 conducted during December 2010, meeting and the BARS Program Office has Standard more than 80 audits have been compiled a list of improvement items. This Action completed and the experience List has been circulated to each of the Audit Companies for confirmation with work on many derived from these is invaluable. of the items already well underway. The next Audit Review Meeting is scheduled for In order to seek a process of continual Monday and Tuesday the 19th and 20th of March improvement to the program, an audit review 2012 in Brisbane. This will precede the Aviation meeting is held twice per year to review the Logistics for the Resource Sector conference conduct and outcome of these audits. The second of these review meetings for 2011 was which will be held on Wednesday and Thursday st nd held in Singapore in conjunction with the Flight the 21 and 22 of March. Safety Foundation’s 64th International Aviation Safety Seminar in November and was attended by representatives from each of the Audit Companies. Discussion covered subjects such as defining and describing the audit scope; development of an initial audit Summary; timelines in support of audit preparation; quality control of audit reports, BARS Auditor training and the BARS Quality Assurance program. Graham Rochat presented on the With an added tab on the FSF Home Page dedicated Page 2 to the BARS Program it provides easy access to a more comprehensive overview of the Program and all its components. The new pages have an easy to download pdf of the BAR Standard in all available languages as well as a The 2012 Calendar: dedicated page on how to AVCO Courses: join the BARS Program. Visitors to the site can Brisbane: 14-15 December download the application 2011 New Look for BARS Website and forms for the latest courses AVCO Courses planned: BARSoft and also a copy of this Australia, West Africa, newsletter. It has the latest South Africa, Canada, South list of BMOs with direct America with all dates tba. BARS has a new look on the Web. links to their websites, and a dedicated page and which aims to offer a more link to each of our Registered Audit companies. Auditor Accreditation interesting, informative and user- Go to: http://flightsafety.org/bars Courses: friendly online experience. Melbourne: February Dublin: February For those wishing to enquire about all courses, please visit our website: been made redundant whilst others have been http://flightsafety.org/bars developed to provide immediate statistical information to all users. Or email A computer based training package has been [email protected] introduced and is now being used for BARS auditor +61 1300 557 162 phone recurrency training and is accessible through +61 1300 557 182 fax BARSoft. The BARS Program has been operating now for just The new BARSoft system over twelve months and the BARSoft database, is undergoing a period of Many of the pages used as the central repository for all related data, beta testing and is in the current has been thoroughly put through its paces. planned for release from system have been As with all new systems, a number of areas of 1 February next year. It made redundant improvement have been identified from will provide a more whilst others have comments and critique provided by all users user -friendly experience. been developed to during the year. The resulting changes being made Below is a shot of one provide immediate provide a more intuitive means of access to the of the screens that will statistical system and establishes ‘layers’ to simplify access be available within the information to all to information relevant to specific user groups. new system. Many of the pages in the current system have users Every accident, no matter how minor, is a failure of the organization. - Jerome Lederer, Direc- tor of the Flight Safety Foundation, 1991 New BMO home page All audits conducted shown with the location and applicable colour categorisation of the audit. List of Aircraft Operators who have Undergone a BARS audit Page 3 Air Operator Air Operator AUSTRALIA AFRICA Air Pioneer Allegiance Air (Pty) Ltd Airnorth Afrijet Business Service Alliance Airlines CemAir Bristow Helicopters Australia ExecuJet Direct Air Charter Everett Aviation Charter Limited CHC Helicopters (Australia) National Airways Corporation (Pty) Ltd. Execujet Australasia SKA South Africa Aircraft Leasing (Pty) Ltd Executive Airlines Sahel Aviation Service Fugro Spatial Solutions Solenta Aviation Heli-Charters Australia Springbok Classic Air (Pty) Ltd Helicorp Pty Ltd Starlite Aviation Operations (Pty) Ltd Heliwest Group Swift Flite (Pty) Ltd Karratha Flying Services CANADA Cobham Aviation Services Air Tindi Ltd Network Aviation Australia Arctic Sunwest Charters First Air Pel-Air Aviation Pty Ltd Great Slave Helicopters Ltd. Polar Aviation North-Wright Airways Ltd Skippers Aviation Pty Ltd Northwestern Air Lease Ltd. Skywest Airlines (Australia) Pty Ltd SOUTH AMERICA/ CARIBBEAN Southern Cross Jets Aerocardal Limitada QantasLink Aerovias Vecchiola Vincent Aviation (Australia) Pty Ltd DAP Helicopteros S.A / Aerorescate Virgin Australia Airlines EcoCopter S.A. Whitsunday Helicopter Group Pty Ltd Ecocopter Peru S.A. PACIFIC Inaer Helicopter Chile S.A. Airlines PNG Lider Taxi Aereo S/A Brasil Heli Niugini Limited National Helicopter Services Limited Helicocean Searca S.A. Helifix Operations Ltd Servicios Aéreos De Los Andes SAC. Hevilift Limited INDONESIA Island Hoppers National Utility Helicopters Pacific Helicopters Limited Nyaman Air UNITED STATES Travira Air Cutter Flight Management Inc EUROPE NetJets Aviation, Inc. Heli Union S.A. PHI, Inc. MIDDLE EAST Aircraft Sales and Services Limited (ASSL) International Aircraft Services Ltd Issue 2 December, 2011 Page 4 Bars Program Office Organizational Chart Current BARS Statistics AVCO AVCO courses conducted: 10 in 8 countries AVCO course participants: >100 BARS Audits conducted: 80 across 18 countries Audits scheduled: 7 BARS Member Organizations We welcome Mincor Resources, Barrick Gold and International SOS to the list of BARS Member Audits not yet scheduled: 29 Organizations. Findings to date: 2400+ Findings closed: 900 Accredited Auditors: 58 Auditor Accreditation courses conducted: 11 in 4 countries BARS accredited Audit Companies: 7 Countries Aircraft Operators were audited: 17 BARS Member Organizations: 16 Bell 407-4, South America category jet aircraft, utilized in a variety of challenging environments. The BAR Standard was developed from an industry-identified need to establish a common safety audit standard that could be applied to resource sector aviation support activities. It provides contracting companies with the level of safety assurance required by their respective Flight Safety Foundation Ltd organizations. The Standard was developed from GPO Box 3026 a risk-based model framed against the actual Level 6, 278 Collins Street threats posed to aviation operations. It directly Melbourne VIC 3001, Australia About the BAR Standard links these to associated controls and recovery +61 1300 557 162 and mitigation measures, as opposed to the outdated prescriptive format previously used Many resource sector companies rely on within the industry. chartered aircraft operators for a number of support activities including, most importantly, The Standard provides a consistent audit model the movement of company personnel. The that allows member resource companies to aircraft supporting these activities range from share in the audits of operators all of whom have small single-engine helicopters to transport been subject to a consistent standard of audit. .