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Old 19th Jan 2008, 23:29
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PJ2
 
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Out of Trim;

The smiley is very appropriate.

SESMA is an excellent safety program. British Airways is an early pioneer of using downloaded flight data to analyze safety trends. They began this work in the late 50's and have led in this important safety work since the beginning. Today, the regulator, management and the pilots (BALPA) all have access to the data in a safety culture which in my view is second-to-none. It is done in a non-enforcement environment where the truth about what is happening is more important than who is doing it - in fact "who" has no place in safety work.

There are airlines around with advanced FDM Programs which have yet to engage the final step of actually using the data and taking it seriously but that is another thread entirely. SESMA and BASIS as well as the relationship between the regulator, management and the line pilots are industry standards to which other airlines continue to aspire.

Sorry for the thread drift but it's an important piece of background information I think.
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