Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing (ASIAS) ASIAS Overview Gerardo Hueto May 2013
Accidents Have Become Less Frequent and Less Severe 32 Accidents 1,023 Fatalities 11 Accidents 518 Fatalities 2011 2 US Part 121 Fatal Accidents Number of Fatalities 1 50 100 150 200 265 But We Need to do Better! Sources: NTSB & FSF
What is ASIAS. A collaborative Government-Industry initiative on data sharing & analysis to proactively discover safety concerns before accidents or incidents occur, leading to timely mitigation and prevention
ASIAS Data Sources Proprietary Data Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP) Flight Operations Quality Assurance (FOQA) Air Traffic Safety Action Program (ATSAP) ATC Information Traffic Management Reroutes and Delays Airport Configuration and Operations Sector and Route Structure Manufacturers data Procedures Avionics data Surveillance Data for En Route, Terminal and Airport Safety Data FAA Accident/Incident Data System FAA Service Difficulty Reports Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) Runway Incursion Surface Incident Operational Errors/ Operational Deviation Pilot Deviation Vehicle or Pedestrian Deviation National Transportation Safety Board ICAO safety reports Other Information NOTAMs Bureau of Transportation Statistics Weather / Winds Terrain and Obstacle Data 4
ASIAS Members Air Wisconsin Airlines Alaska Airlines Aloha Air Cargo American Airlines American Eagle Airlines Atlas Air Cape Air Chautauqua Airlines CitationAir Colgan Air Comair CommutAir Compass Airlines Delta Air Lines Empire Airlines Government FAA, NASA, Naval Air Force Atlantic, USAF Safety Center *Newest Member 44 Airlines *Evergreen International Airlines ExpressJet FedEx Express Frontier Airlines GoJet Airlines Hawaiian Airlines JetBlue Airways Mesa Airlines Mesaba Airlines Miami Air International North American Airlines Omni Air International Piedmont Airlines Pinnacle Airlines As of 19 April 2012 Polar Air Cargo PSA Airlines Republic Airlines Shuttle America SkyWest Airlines Silver Airways Southwest Airlines Spirit Airlines Sun Country Airlines Trans States Airlines United Airlines United Parcel Service US Airways USA 3000 Airlines World Airways Industry AIA, ALPA, APA, A4A, Boeing, NATCA
ASIAS Functional Benefits With ASIAS, the aviation community is able to... Identify Systemic Risks Establish safety baselines of current operations Identify known and newly emerging system vulnerabilities Monitor safety trends Evaluate Identified Risks Estimate their probabilities Assess their severities Uncover event precursors Diagnose event causation Formulate Interventions Assess the probable effects of safety enhancements through simulation studies Monitor Intervention Effects Assess the effectiveness of interventions (SEs) in accordance with metrics established by the CAST
ASIAS Produces New Insights into Known and Emerging Risks ASIAS aggregates data across multiple operators and analyzes it at the national level Understanding Contributing Factors through Data Fusion Traffic Tracks Source: FAA National Offload Program Minimum Vectoring Altitudes Source: Air Traffic Control ASIAS fuses data from various sources Airport & Airspace Procedures Source: Air Traffic Control Safety Event Locations Source: Digital Flight Data, Safety Reports ASIAS leverages available tools and builds new tools Terrain Source: National Elevation Data Weather Source: FAA & NOAA 8
ASIAS Produces New Insights into Known and Emerging Risks In-depth analysis of known safety issues to highlight underlying causes and characterize impacts Identifying TCAS Resolution Advisory Hotspots and Contributing Factors Departures Sensitive long-term monitoring to detect changes in known risks or safety enhancement effectiveness Helicopter Traffic Vulnerability discovery to highlight new safety issues for in-depth analysis and mitigation Arrivals 9
Summary of ASIAS Benefits ASIAS provides for: A national aggregation and analysis of individual airline safety data Integration with other available data for improved contextual picture Achieving a predictive and prognostic ability to identify risks and issues before accidents and incidents occur Benefits all sectors of the aviation community 10
ASIAS Participants and Responsibilities Commercial Aviation Safety Team (CAST) De-identified National-Level Findings Metrics Definitions ASIAS Executive Board Study Approval ASIAS Issue Analysis Team Approved Queries De-Identified Data Airline Participants Issue Identification Mitigation Recommendations Joint Implementation Data Analysis Team (JIMDAT) Responsibilities: Responsibilities: Develop policy Prioritize and approve studies Review and disseminate findings De-identified National- Level Findings Interaction on on Metrics and and Mitigation Mitigation Responsibilities: Perform detailed analysis Track effectiveness Uncover vulnerabilities Firewall Data Data FAA Other Sources Assess risk Conduct root cause analysis Identify risk mitigations 11