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Forum: Military Aviation
15th Sep 2011, 02:08
Replies: 619
Views: 108,639
Posted By Squidlord

The Old Fat One: What changes are...

The Old Fat One:



What changes are you referring to and why do you say this? (I think it's wrong but I'm interested to understand your rationale.)
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Jul 2011, 14:03
Replies: 1,820
Views: 404,021
Posted By Squidlord

EAP86: If folks are interested to...

EAP86:



If folks are interested to take a look, the risk management Regulatory Instruction that was discussed here
...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Jul 2011, 11:25
Replies: 629
Views: 179,604
Posted By Squidlord

Leon Jabachjabicz: The Defence...

Leon Jabachjabicz:



The Defence Review only makes an informal recommendation that the MAA should be merged into the new Defence Safety and Environmental Authority (the Defence Review gets the...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jun 2011, 10:13
Replies: 8,153
Views: 1,315,865
Posted By Squidlord

tucumseh (referring to my #7900): My...

tucumseh (referring to my #7900):



My point is that the paragraph you quoted (I've never seen the document it comes from) does not require/mandate/regulate independent V&V (verification &...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jun 2011, 10:27
Replies: 1,820
Views: 404,021
Posted By Squidlord

Chugalug2: Perhaps inadvertently...

Chugalug2:



Perhaps inadvertently wrongly expressed but this is definitely not the answer. The MAA is a regulator and the very last thing you want is to remove responsibility for safety away...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jun 2011, 10:02
Replies: 8,153
Views: 1,315,865
Posted By Squidlord

walter kennedy: No problem with the...

walter kennedy:



No problem with the lack of evidence of a FADEC problem but I am very sceptical that for an extremely complex piece of software such as a FADEC it would be possible that a...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jun 2011, 16:08
Replies: 8,153
Views: 1,315,865
Posted By Squidlord

Airborne Aircrew wrote: I think...

Airborne Aircrew wrote:



I think that's a very odd characterisation of how "safe" code is arrived at. In particular, it seems to imply that the software that is first flown can not be safe...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jun 2011, 09:10
Replies: 70
Views: 18,189
Posted By Squidlord

Small Spinner writes: Not sure what...

Small Spinner writes:



Not sure what you're saying there. "The MOD is not involved" in what?! (Always bearing in mind that the MAA is part of the MoD.)
Forum: Military Aviation
26th May 2011, 12:57
Replies: 70
Views: 18,189
Posted By Squidlord

Rigga, thanks for the info. on civil airline...

Rigga, thanks for the info. on civil airline safety managers pay ("Safety Managers for Airlines - £90K+ - and they say NO when they need to"). I know the roles and responsibilties are different...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th May 2011, 12:01
Replies: 48
Views: 17,123
Posted By Squidlord

Umm, I'm no expert on this but my understanding...

Umm, I'm no expert on this but my understanding is that the Puma upgrade work always was going to be done in Romania. And that's still the case. This Private Eye thing feels like a garbled non-story...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th May 2011, 11:45
Replies: 70
Views: 18,189
Posted By Squidlord

Whilst I agree that it's possibly too soon to...

Whilst I agree that it's possibly too soon to assess any real change (that would require years of monitoring for incidents and accidents), I am getting very depressed at the number of times,...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Mar 2011, 11:59
Replies: 117
Views: 22,522
Posted By Squidlord

tucumseh writes: I think this is a...

tucumseh writes:



I think this is a very good point and it begs the question; why have the MAA seen fit to issue a regulation that moves the goalposts so much? (See below for my guess, which...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Feb 2011, 11:39
Replies: 117
Views: 22,522
Posted By Squidlord

Over the last six months, the MAA have started to...

Over the last six months, the MAA have started to produce Regulatory Notices (guidance) and Regulatory Instructions (mandatory instructions) concerned with aircraft safety. As far as I can tell,...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Feb 2011, 10:40
Replies: 33
Views: 14,818
Posted By Squidlord

Mk6 PDR going ahead next week. Still planning for...

Mk6 PDR going ahead next week. Still planning for 12 but I get the impression Mk6 funding is a bit month-by-month so even if it's not formally cancelled, the funding stream (and work) may dry up any...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Oct 2010, 10:26
Replies: 13
Views: 1,812
Posted By Squidlord

Sore Feet, I'm a keen rambler myself. Did the...

Sore Feet, I'm a keen rambler myself. Did the Pennine Way and Coast-to-Coast in one Summer thirty years ago (then decided I didn't want to be constrained to someone else's idea of a good route so no...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Oct 2010, 10:59
Replies: 1,471
Views: 217,213
Posted By Squidlord

Two years (!) after my post on the subject, Shell...

Two years (!) after my post on the subject, Shell Management asked:



I forget the exact details but some very very senior MoD person (head of old DPA?) signed the letter saying it was...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jul 2010, 11:23
Replies: 24
Views: 5,887
Posted By Squidlord

Harley Quinn: FWIW, I am a safety...

Harley Quinn:



FWIW, I am a safety engineer, rather than operator, and one of my clients is the MoD. I am an expert in the technical side of safety but I also have to be involved in the...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jul 2010, 08:48
Replies: 24
Views: 5,887
Posted By Squidlord

Ummm, sorry, not really about "Duty of Care" but...

Ummm, sorry, not really about "Duty of Care" but Chris Kebab did ask:



I struggle with the Duty Holder concept and I really should know (given my job). The concept predates the MAA by a long...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jul 2010, 05:52
Replies: 2,041
Views: 561,314
Posted By Squidlord

In response to my assertion that build standard...

In response to my assertion that build standard issues weren't relevant to the failure of a particular air PT to sort out its Safety Case, tucumseh wrote:



I'm not doubting the veracity of...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jul 2010, 05:24
Replies: 619
Views: 108,639
Posted By Squidlord

Tappers Dad: I guess you'd have to...

Tappers Dad:



I guess you'd have to ask a lawyer but my understanding is that this is only about the scope of one piece of legislation - the Human Rights Act. I think the Supreme Court have...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jul 2010, 10:30
Replies: 619
Views: 108,639
Posted By Squidlord

themightyimp: I think that's an...

themightyimp:



I think that's an incorrectly narrow view of "current MAA work" though I would always expect much of the MAA's work to be based on audit and review. And I agree that one of the...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jul 2010, 09:16
Replies: 2,041
Views: 561,314
Posted By Squidlord

Ginger Beer: My understanding is...

Ginger Beer:



My understanding is that this is because ACAS wants an MAA "tick in the box" before signing off the RTS. Presumably, this will become universal MoD practice and will be planned...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Jun 2010, 11:29
Replies: 2,041
Views: 561,314
Posted By Squidlord

Notwithstanding tucumseh and Chugalug2's lack of...

Notwithstanding tucumseh and Chugalug2's lack of confidence, the MAA is making something of a difference already. They have started auditing aircraft Safety Cases and, without going into detail, they...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th May 2010, 10:10
Replies: 172
Views: 68,158
Posted By Squidlord

Safeware, thanks for the reply. I understand...

Safeware, thanks for the reply. I understand where you're coming from wrt the combination of system (excluding humans) safety and HF (and agree, for what it's worth). I guess I was maybe mislead...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Apr 2010, 11:12
Replies: 172
Views: 68,158
Posted By Squidlord

engineer(retard): I'm not...

engineer(retard):





I'm not sure whether you mean:

1. you've seen quantitative human error rates assigned
2. you've seen quantitative human error rates assigned in a way that's...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Apr 2010, 10:10
Replies: 172
Views: 68,158
Posted By Squidlord

engineer(retard): For any...

engineer(retard):



For any (safety-related) system where humans perform a control function, the Safety Case is likely to include consideration of human error (erroneous control of the...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Apr 2010, 10:00
Replies: 172
Views: 68,158
Posted By Squidlord

In response to my claim that: ...

In response to my claim that:



tucumseh wrote:



On the face of it, this clearly contradicts my claim. Except that I think it's just another example of poorly written documentation...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Apr 2010, 10:41
Replies: 172
Views: 68,158
Posted By Squidlord

I agree with Safeware (& soddim) on the...

I agree with Safeware (& soddim) on the airworthiness vs. safety thing.

I have to admit I don't feel that confident that I understand airworthiness particularly well (unlike safety) but I reckon...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Mar 2010, 11:08
Replies: 117
Views: 22,522
Posted By Squidlord

MAA webpages

New MAA webpages:

Ministry of Defence | About Defence | What we do | Air Safety and Aviation | Military Aviation Authority | Military Aviation Authority (MAA)...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Mar 2010, 16:20
Replies: 2,041
Views: 561,314
Posted By Squidlord

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?c=AIR&s=TOP&i...

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?c=AIR&s=TOP&i=4535359 (http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?c=AIR&s=TOP&i=4535359)



RAF Accepts 1st Nimrod MRA4


By andrew chuter
Published: 11 Mar...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Mar 2010, 08:25
Replies: 117
Views: 22,522
Posted By Squidlord

MAA Head: AM Timo Anderson Operating Safety...

MAA Head: AM Timo Anderson
Operating Safety Regulation Group: RA Simon Charlier
Technical Safety Regulation Group: AVM Charles Ness
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Dec 2009, 21:07
Replies: 8,153
Views: 1,315,865
Posted By Squidlord

Chugalug2: I disagree. An "audit of...

Chugalug2:



I disagree. An "audit of the airworthiness" of the current Chinook fleet will not necessarily tell us anything about that aircraft's airworthiness 15 years ago. Of course, the MAA...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Dec 2009, 12:27
Replies: 619
Views: 108,639
Posted By Squidlord

JFZ90: The term "ALARP" is...

JFZ90:



The term "ALARP" is well-defined already. See POSMS, Def Stan 00-56, etc. There is no need for Qinetiq (QQ) reports of the kind under discussion to define ALARP since there is an...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Dec 2009, 14:08
Replies: 186
Views: 51,224
Posted By Squidlord

Squirrel 41: The idea was to get the...

Squirrel 41:



The idea was to get the aircraft into theatre as soon as possible. Putting them through Julius directly would have delayed that for a few years.
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Nov 2009, 10:35
Replies: 87
Views: 19,104
Posted By Squidlord

It's not ownership of, or an ability to change...

It's not ownership of, or an ability to change the source code that is the issue here (as some people seem to think). It's access to the source code to analyse it. Essentially, it is considered...
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