Chapter 4 - Air Safety Flashcards
Name, in order of descending seniority, the aviation duty holders (ADHs)?
Senior Duty Holder (SDH)
Operating Duty Holder (ODH)
Delivery Duty Holder (DDH)
What are the values and behaviours of an engaged safety culture?
Learning Reporting Just Questioning Flexible
What are the underpinning components of an engaged safety culture?
Leadership commitment
Open communication
Effective decision making processes
Define a Hazard?
An intermediate state where there is potential for harm.
Define a Risk?
A measure of exposure to possible harm.
What is a Risk Assessment?
An assessment of the likelihood and severity related to an identified hazard.
What is Risk Ownership?
A Risk Owner is
What are the two aspects looked at in a risk assessment/risk matrix?
Likelihood
Severity
What is the definition of the catastrophic severity category?
The loss of 2-3 lives
What is an accident?
An occurrence which results in either a person being killed or suffering a major injury, or and aircraft sustaining Category 4 or 5 damage.
What is an incident?
Category 1, 2 or 3 damage
A person receiving a reportable injury
Compromises Air Safety
What is a Hazard Observation?
An occurrence which did not actually result in an incident or accident, but potentially could have.
What is Heinrich’s Theory?
There are many (often unreported) near misses in relation to the number of reportable incidents and accidents.
What is ASIMS?
Air Safety Information Management System
Used for the reporting of Air Safety occurrences
Facilitates Safety Training Error Prevention (STEP)
What are the three main occurrence reporting types?
Significant Occurrence Notification (SON)
Defence Air Safety Occurrence Report (DASOR)
Error management System (EMS) Report Form
