Management, Safety Assurance and Bird Hazards. COPA Airlines Colombian Approach

Management, Safety Assurance and Bird Hazards. COPA Airlines Colombian Approach

SMS - Copa Airlines Colombia Objective To control and mitigate the birds hazard throw a Safety Management System with a review Board, Safety actions groups, Indicators, risk Management, evaluation of Actions, Training and comunication.

SMS Components SMS - Copa Airlines Colombia 1. Safety policy and objectives 2. Safety Risk management SMS 4. Safety Promotion 3. Safety Assurance

1. Safety policy and objectives 2. Safety Review Board (SRB )- Rol. Analyze trends by cause and by Station.. Targets by Station. Action Plans Estatus 1. Safety Action Group (SAG)- Rol. Participation in the local committees = Measured by indicator.. Validate and follow up on tasks taken by the airport.. Review Events per month.

DATA BASE - SMS Reports Task Forces DATA BASE Audits Surveys

2. Safety Risk Management & Safety Assurance Hazards Identification Methods MOR Mandatory Operational Report Audits Inspections surveys Observations and Statistics Analysis I. Reactive Method II. Proactive Method III. Predictive Method DATA BASE

1. Bird Reports 2. Vicinity Bird reports 3. Auditing Stations 4. Events Investigations 5. Safety Performnace Indicators 2. Safety Risk Management & Safety Assurance Management process 1. Based on the risk level establish if the risk is acceptable or not INPUTS Analize Evaluate Control and Mitigate 1. Establish the Probability by airport 2. Establish the Severity 3. Establish the Risk Level 1. Send the report to the station Manager and request and action 2. To the Goverment 3. Associations (IATA, ALTA, ATAC (Asociación Colombiana de Transp Aereo

Example 1. EVENT Nose Cowl Eng 2 Airport BOG Runway 13R Date 28-mar-12 Time 03:31:24Z / 22:31:24 Aircraft E190 HK4559 Flight RPB7459 BOG-CLO Phase Operational Climb Altitude 10970 ft MOR Yes Smart Probe # 1 2. ANALYSIS 3. EVALUATION Risk Analysis Severity Probability Risk Media Probable Moderate

Example 4. OPERATIONAL EFFECT Variation in aircraft speed indicators Emergency Declaration Notification to Maintenance Control Center (MCC) and ATC Air Turn Back (ATB) Nose Cowl Eng 2 Smart Probe # 1 5. RISK CONTROL AND MITIGATION OPAIN implemented inspections to identify nocturnal wildlife OPAIN acquire adequate dispersion equipment based on the results of the dispersion Notam of caution in the operation in Bogotá by increasing bird

2. Safety Risk Management & Safety Assurance 1. Birds Reports 2. Vicinity Birds reports Operative Local process 1. Delivered to the Specialist INPUTS Recolection Deliveries Report 1. Birds Blood 2. Birds Feathers 1. Report to Safety And Quality 2. Report to local authorities

3. Safety Assurance Corporative Bird Strikes Reports ( Damage and No Damage) Highlights % Bird Strike with Damage and No Damage (2011-2012) With no damage 85% With damage 15% YTD (Sep-2012) Birds Strikes with Damage or no damage should be managed with the same level of importance.. The consequence of a Bird strike depends on lucky no on previous preventive actions

PTY BOG MDE ADZ BAQ CCS CLO CTG LET MGA SJO SMR AUA BGA CUC CUN GUA GYE HAV MEX PEI PUJ SAP UIO # Reports Index by 1000 flights 3. Safety Assurance Airports Corporative Bird Strikes Reports ( Damage and No Damage) 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 *This analysis was done with Copa Airlines Colombia operation at 24 airports. YTD (Sep-2012) Highlights Bird Strikes by Airports* 2012 - - El Dorado (BOG) and Tocumen (PTY) are the airports with more number of events. Indicators should be in Index indicators. Data in index allows to compares one airport with Another. The index should be related to number of flights 2012 Indice 2012 4,00 3,50 3,00 2,50 2,00 1,50 1,00 0,50 Copa Airlines Colombia airport operation 2012 IATA Code Ciclos ADZ 1947 AUA 2 BAQ 1184 BGA 683 BOG 8633 CCS 739 CLO 2181 CTG 1475 CUC 690 CUN 93 GUA 193 GYE 163 HAV 42 LET 274 MEX 274 MGA 6 PEI 236 PTY 5979 PUJ 130 MDE 2674 SAP 211 SJO 461 SMR 563 UIO 274

3. Safety Assurance Airports Industria Bird Strikes Reports ( Damage and No Damage) Highlights Bogota and Panama are the airports with more number of events. Your Logo

# Events El Dorado (BOG) Bird Strikes Reports ( Damage and No Damage) 0,81 Events / 1000 Flights 3. Safety Assurance 5 4 3 2 1 0 El Dorado Bird strikes per Month 2011-2012 Mar Abr May Jun Jul Ago Sep Oct Nov Dic Migration periods 2011 2011 2012 Linear (2012) Migration periods 2012 (It is observed that migration periods were advance one month) Highlights Critical months: 2012: September* 2011: April*, June, October* * Migration periods Critical Time: Night 70% Afternoon 15% Morning 15% By Phase Of Flight: Aproximación 65% Climb 20% Others 15% Species: Noctural birds, Garza ganadera, other migratory species

El Dorado (BOG) Bird Strikes Reports ( Damage and No Damage) Proactive Plan 2.1 Events / 1000 Flights Prevention program for bird strike hazard integrated with SMS Warning alerts Nocturnal inspection, Monthly variation of the dispersion method: Canine, Pyrotechny, Aeromodelo, sky dancer, sound, sirens on the vehicles. 3. Safety Assurance

# Events Panama Bird Strikes Reports ( Damage and No Damage) 2,17 Events / 1000 Flights 3. Safety Assurance 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Tocumen Bird strikes per Month 2011-2012 2011 2012 Linear (2012) Feb Abr May Jul Ago Sep Oct Nov Critical months Highlights Critical months: April, July, September, October Critical Time: Night 45% Morning 35% Afertnoon 20% By Phase Of Flight: Approach 30% Climb 30% Take off 25% Landing 15% Species: Garzas, gallinazos, pelicanos, reptiles

Panama Bird Strikes Reports ( Damage and No Damage) Mitigation Plan 2,17 Events / 1000 Flights Make List of most problematic species from the airport, inspections Implementation of Wildlife Incident Neutralization Cooperative Action Project (WIN-CAP) IATA/ALTA, FAA, USDA Implementation of dispersion method (active and passive) Propane canons, bird distress calls, sirens on the vehicles, pyrotechnics. Some wildlife sources of attraction are: Wetlands. Trees, Dead vegetation. Ineffective canal maintenance. Tall grass and shrubs near taxiways and runways, and other off-airport 3. Safety Assurance

3. Safety Assurance Monthly Corporative Bird Strikes Reports ( Damage and No Damage) 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 2011 2012 Linear (2012) Bird Strikes per Month (2011-2012) Ene Feb Mar Abr May Jun Jul Ago Sep Oct Nov Dic Highlights April is the Month with more number of events (2,62 events/1000 operations) Negative trend 2012 Same behaviour in april 2011 and in april 2012 In 2011 the critical month was Octuber (5,92 events/1000 operations)

Phase of Flight Corporative Bird Strikes Reports ( Damage and No Damage) 3. Safety Assurance Bird Strike by Phase of Flight - 2012 Not identified 8% Langind roll 25% Climb 14% Approach 20% Take off run 33% Highlights Airports need to improve their mitigation plans in areas of runway. Pilots must report the runway where the hazard identified Pilots must abort takeoff if they have variation in indicators of cab (before V1 speed) When exceeded V1, pilots must make ATB Pilots should not implement reverses, this increases the consequence of the impact. If the pilot sees a flock of birds should not change the trajectory

Day time Corporative Bird Strikes Reports ( Damage and No Damage) 3. Safety Assurance Bird Strikes By Day Time 2012 Unknow 8% night 33% afternoon 14% Day 45% Highlights The station manager must follow the inspection schedule established by the airport The inspection plan should include several times a day and several observation points Flight schedules should be modified according to exposure to critical time

4. Safety Promotion 1. 2. 3. 4.

Questions? Jorge Robles Safety and Quality Director jrobles@copaair.com THANKS Adriana Molina Chief Safety and Quality Ground Operations amolina@copaair.com