Air Safety

Question 1

What is FOD

Answer 1

Any material which originates from any source, either external or part of an aircraft which can cause damage to an aircraft or it’s equipment either on the ground or in the air

Question 2

What are the 3 methods of FOD protection?

Answer 2

Practices
Processes
Design

Question 3

Flight safety responsibility

Answer 3

Good safety culture shown from all levels where people are accountable

Question 4

What is the master document for flying regulations?

Answer 4

Regulatory article 2000s Flying regulations.

Question 5

What is an accident

Answer 5

An occurrence which results in a person being killed of suffering a major injury, or an aircraft sustaining CAT 4 or 5 damage

Question 6

What is an RA?

Answer 6

Regulatory article

Question 7

What is RA 1000?

Answer 7

Regulatory article - General regulations

Question 8

What is RA 2000?

Answer 8

Regulatory articles- flying regulations

Question 9

What are RA 3000?

Answer 9

Regulatory articles, Air traffic management

Question 10

What is Cat 1 damage?

Answer 10

Repairable within custodians capabilities (on pan, 1st line)

Question 11

What is Cat 2 damage?

Answer 11

Repairable with the custodians forward maimtainance organisation capabilities (in hanger, 2nd line)

Question 12

What is Cat 3 damage?

Answer 12

Repairable on site, beyond forward maimtainance achievable by repair organisation (someone has to come in)

Question 13

What is Cat 4 damage?

Answer 13

Repairable, but requires specialist facilities off-site

Question 14

What is Cat 5 damage?

Answer 14

Fucked. Beyond economic repair, instructional use, scrap or missing

Question 15

What is reporting culture?

Answer 15

Cultivating an atmosphere where people have the confidence to report safety concerns without feat of blame

Question 16

What is learning culture?

Answer 16

An organization that can learn from it’s mistakes and make changes

Question 17

What is flexible culture?

Answer 17

Where the organisation and the people in it are capable of adapting effectively to change

Question 18

What is just culture?

Answer 18

Recognize natural limitations of human performance, errors and unsafe acts will not be punished if unintentional, those that act recklessly or take unjustifiable risks will be subject to disciplinary actions

Question 19

What are the 3 methods of reporting?

Answer 19

DASOR
Inform
DCOR

Question 20

What are the duty holders?

Answer 20

Senior duty holder (CAS)
Operating duty holder. (AOC 22gp)
Delivery duty holder (Comdt 3FTS)

Question 21

Who is SDH?

Answer 21

CAS

Question 22

Who is ODH?

Answer 22

AOC 22Gp

Question 23

Who is DDH?

Answer 23

Cmdt 3FTS

Question 24

How can we regulate bird strikes?

Answer 24

Bird control units
Bird radars
Avoid knows areas of high bird activity

Question 25

What is f700?

Answer 25

Register of aircraft servicing, faults, limitations etc.

Question 26

What order do the documents go in?

Answer 26

RA (regulatory articles) 2000, flying regulations
GASO (group air staff orders) 1000,2000 etc
DAM (defence aerodromes manual (covers latest news on aerodrome)
FOB (flying order book) 1000,2000 etc

Question 27

What does the DAM cover?

Answer 27

Defence aerodrome manual - latest news on aerodromes

Question 28

Where will you find aircraft specific orders?

Answer 28

GASO (group air staff orders)

Question 29

What is the aim of flight safety?

Answer 29

Collective endeavour to operate in the air environment safely and embraces any activity that contributes to safe operation of military airworthy systems in flight or on the ground