For those of you who have an interest in Operational Monitoring, the final HOMP report on follow-up activities has now been issued.
This issue reports on the extension of the Helicopter Operations Monitoring Programme (HOMP), originally trialled on the Bristow Helicopters Ltd Super Puma fleet, to a second operator (CHC Scotia Helicopters Ltd - Super Puma) and a second helicopter type (Bristow Helicopters Ltd - S76). The safety benefits of HOMP were successfully transferred in both cases despite significant differences between the operators and between the helicopter types.
Paper can be found here:
http://www.caa.co.uk/publications/pu...ls.asp?id=1425
These systems have been 'Recommended' in the latest proposal for amendment of ICAO Annex 6 Part III - along with EGPWS (TAWS) and ACAS.