Safety Chats Podcast

We're all wondering (and talking) about the upcoming Safety Management System, SMS, regulations. Host Jason Starke makes a case for who should be regulated as ICAO's Annex 19 update nears fruition. There's lots to unpack with a discussion of international and State/Country regulations and as well as the impact on Part 135 Operators, MROs, flight training organizations, and airports. 

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speaker(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Baldwin Safety & Compliance or any any entities they represent.

Resources:
ICAO website:  https://www.icao.int
ICAO Safety Information: https://www.icao.int/safety/Pages/default.aspx  

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A great way  for an organization to answer to the question "how are we doing?" is to conduct a Gap Analysis.  To help you compare "what you're doing" to "what you should be doing," Safety Chats host  Jason Starke guides you through do-able five steps. 

In terms of safety, comparing actual performance against expected performance can make a difference in day to day operations.  Flight departments often see improvements in safety performance with the completion of a regular Gap Analysis.  Make sure you're not leaving anything out of your next Gap Analysis. 

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"Be On The Lookout" is a way to add "awareness" as an element to control risk. Although awareness is lower on a hierarchy of risk controls, it is an effective tool that can be used individually, with your team, or your crew.  Pre-flight or pre-shift briefings can set-up the workgroup to be on the lookout for a particular risk or situation.

Atul Gawande - Checklist Manifesto
http://atulgawande.com/book/the-checklist-manifesto 
Flight Risk Assessment Tool (FRAT) info from the Federal Aviation administration (FAA)
www.faa.gov/news/safety_briefing/2016/media/SE_Topic_16-12.pdf

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Having a conversation with your CEO is a way to build your safety management  program and explain why safety needs to be an integral part of the company culture.  A lively discussion and a breakdown of big thinking about organizational culture is the topic of this week's Safety Chat. Host Jason Starke provides the "why" and the "what" when having a discussion with your CEO or other senior leaders. 

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Incidents, accidents, events, near misses, hazards - all these represent the stream of incoming data you are managing. The problem is the value of that data is only as good as the system you have to retrieve and sort it. This is where our topic for today comes in - finding an effective categorization scheme. When our categories are applicable it helps us find our data- easier, faster and help us link things in our data. Turns out that this categorization is called taxonomy and in this weeks episode we will discuss how to choose a system of categorization you can use to effectively manage all that data.
 
Predefined industry taxonomies: 

• ICAO ADREP (Accident/Incident Reporting Program)
• HEIDI or Harmonisation of European Incident Definitions Initiatives for ATM
• SMICG/CICTT Hazard Taxonomy
• Confidential Human Factors Incident Reporting Programme (CHIRP)
• ASRS Anomaly Code
• Threats and Errors Management (TEM) taxonomy
• The Human Factor Analysis and Classification System (HFACS)

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Here's a familiar scenario -  Your team starts off a project with a lot of energy.  But lately, activity has waned.  

Maybe the team (or you) need a nudge (or reset) to get back in action. Listen how the “goal gradient effect” may be utilized to get the team moving again. 

Whether you are working toward setting or reaching your safety goals, the end may be closer than you realize. The Goal Gradient Effect states that as people get closer to a reward, they speed up their behavior to get to their goal faster. In other words, people are motivated by how much is left to reach their target, not how far they've come. The idea was named by behaviorist Clark Hull in 1932. 

Resources: 

FS Farnham Street podcast - a.k.a. The Knowledge Project Podcast # 137 - Justin Su’a: Peak Mental Performance 
https://fs.blog/knowledge-project-podcast/justin-sua/

https://fs.blog/goal-gradient-hypothesis/ 

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Phew! Summer can mean hot temperatures on the tarmac, in the hangar,  and on the aircraft. This episode takes a look at the levels of heat stress and offers several practical solutions to help pilots, flight crews, maintenance techs,  and others  recognize and to respond to bodily changes during the dog days of summer.  Tip #1 - Stay hydrated 

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With the airline industry reporting 17-25% of total operating costs are related to fuel and the jump we've seen in the cost of fuel over the past months, fuel tankering has become a consideration. This week we look at not just the financial impacts of the practice, but the environmental impacts as well.  Tankering does affect the organization's bottom line, but it has implications on the environment, the aircraft airframe, performance of the aircraft and safety as well.

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In this episode we look at what a hazard is, the pathways of identifying a hazard, and the workflow associated with the hazard once it's been identified.  You won't want to miss this thought-provoking discussion that affects your operation.

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Finite games have a beginning, an end, and a winner (think baseball, basketball, poker). Safety is not one of these. Safety is an infinite game. A game with no end and no winner. We may never finish our pursuit of safety but  in this week's episode we look at the skills we can master to continue striving.

Resources:
The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek

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When we outsource part of our flight department's services, rather that be maintenance, FBO, catering, etc,  we inevitably lose oversight of the task. Today we look at what we can be doing to ensure we are not letting risk come into our operations through these providers. Where do you outsource and what kind of oversight do you have? Do you evaluate them to ensure they are following standards? Do you have safeguards in place?

Resources:
The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril by Margaret Heffernan

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There are safety related events your organization has little or no direct control over but you CAN influence them. Think unstable approaches, misfuellings, altitude excursions, etc. In this episode we take a look at process and outcome based metrics and encourage you to ask the question, "What can we do to influence these outcome based events?"

Resources in this episode:
The Four Disciplines of Execution by Chris McChesney
Upstream by Dan Heath
BaldwinVirtualTraining.com safety manager course "Using Safety Objectives to Improve Safety Outcomes"

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As we near the six month point of 2022 it's a good time to look at how your organization is doing on its objectives. Now may be a great time to go back and look at the effectiveness of the objectives you have or to create new objectives. In this episode we ask the question, "What is your organization doing to improve safety?" We'll encourage you to write them down. Let everyone know. How? In the form of outcome or process based objectives! 

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Have we turned a blind eye to things we know need to be addressed? In this week's podcast we explore why all of us can be guilty of being willfully blind to change we know needs to take place and what we can do to correct the situation. 

Resources from this week's podcast:
Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril by Margaret Heffernan

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How will you deal with someone who willing violates an SOP? If we hold the organization accountable for the systems they design it must also hold true that employees should be held accountable for the choices they make. This week we discuss the idea of  what makes a just culture within an organization, a culture where every employee feels they are treated justly.  Does your organization need a formal process to determine if the accountability lies with a person or the organization?

View the graphic mentioned - Defining the Borders of Bad Behavior
Roadmap to a Just Culture by the GAIN foundation
FAA's ASAP Program

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Accidents are intrinsically filled with emotion and we need to ensure we have a thorough plan so we can respond appropriately.  This week we remind ourselves not only of the importance of having an emergency response plan in place, but the necessity of the coordination and documentation of that plan. 

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With so much new information coming across your desk each day how do you sift through the noise and incorporate the necessary changes without being baited by every shiny new idea? This week we look specifically at what critical thinking is and how you can incorporate it not just in your organization, but in every area of life.

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This week Jason interviews Mark Myers, Sr. Safety Manager at Baldwin, on the floor of AUVSI XPONENTIAL Convention in Orlando. Join them as they discuss the differences between traditional fixed wing and rotor wing SMS structures and what the future could hold for risk management for the UAS and drone industry.

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In this episode we interview the guys at JumpSeat Ops and discuss their new app founded on the idea of pilots sharing information in real time about the airports and events they encounter. We also discuss the integration of JumpSeat with the Baldwin system allowing pilots to view the JumpSeat data right from their FRAT.

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Two things we don't hear in the same conversation very often is safety and sustainability. In this episode we interview one of our Baldwin team members and take a look at the correlation that does exist between a vibrant safety management program and sustainability. 
Rather you are just at the start of the sustainability initiative or are continuing the journey there is something for you in this episode. 

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