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... 9 An important step in this study was the review of methods currently used by Part 139 airports, foreign airports, and military organizations. The purpose of this review was to identify most effective practices and tools that these organizations currently use.
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... 10 Source Related Content FAA, Order 8000.369A, Safety Management System, May 2013 To meet ICAO State Safety Program (SSP) framework, this Order explains the SMS principles and requirements; establishes the FAA SMS Executive Council and FAA SMS Committee; standardizes terminology for SMS; requires FAA organizations to implement SMS; and provides guidance to FAA organizations and their industry segments to implement SMS.
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... 11 Source Related Content FAA, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) , Federal Register Volume 75, Issue 194 (Oct.
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... 12 Source Related Content Air Force Pamphlet 90-803, Feb. 2013 This pamphlet provides the definitions, guidelines, procedures, and tools for integration and execution of risk management as a risk reduction process to assist personnel in identifying and controlling safety and health hazards in making informed decisions.
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... 13 Source Related Content FAA Air Traffic Organization -- SRM Panel Orientation Briefing, July 2015 Model briefing for SRM panels. EUROCONTROL, Air Navigation System Safety Assessment Methodology (SAM)
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... 14 It is important to note that only a small percentage of Part 139 airports have conducted SRAs or had SAs led by FAA, and that most airports currently using SRAs and SAs in a routine basis are medium and large hub airports. Therefore it was difficult to obtain survey responses from smaller airports, as shown in Table 6.
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... 15 military organizations surveyed, risk assessments were conducted by their own staff, military or civilian. Appendix F of the FAA ARP SMS Desk Reference (2012)
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... 16 in SRAs to gain practical experience. A few airports have brought observers from other airports to acquire and share their experiences.
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... 17 of specific training for stakeholders participating in risk assessments has been a major issue. One probable reason is that the brainstorming session is not facilitated and there is no briefing to help participants understand and get familiar with the process.
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... 18 Some foreign airports prepare comprehensive reports, depending on the complexity of the safety issue. A couple of foreign airports surveyed use only a risk assessment template with summary of risk mitigation actions and approvals.
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... 19 risk in the assessment. One of the techniques that has been used during conflicts is to have a session break.
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... 20 successful SRA. In most cases, SMS consultants make extensive use of material prepared for the specific SRA.
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... 21 tools (e.g., electronic worksheet) that could be helpful in running the SRA exercise.
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... 22 The most common response for verifying implementation was Part 139 airport inspections by operations staff. One of the airports developed a special form to track risk mitigation actions; it appears in Appendix C
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... 23 panels to gain experience. Some airports highlighted the importance of balancing the need to identify as many hazards as possible with the need to keep the exercise as practical and fast as possible.
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... 24 and are able to complete risk assessments within 2 to 4 hours, based on the small sample of air force bases evaluated. It is important to remember the response by a consultant to question 12, who reported having a preliminary brainstorming with a smaller group in preparation for the SRA with all stakeholders involved.
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... 25 Question 20: The Safety Risk Management (SRM) process is composed of steps that are followed according to the methodology applied (e.g., FAA-led SAs use five steps)
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... 26 • Workload required to complete SA and SRAs • Difficulty to facilitate brainstorming with large number of participants • Unable to train staff in facilitation techniques • There is little information available about typical industry risk levels. • How should airports deal with construction changes?
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... 27 • Many of the airports surveyed indicated the benefits of having an experienced facilitator guiding the risk assessment process, supported by SRM panels; hazard identification and risk assessments can be more effective. • Two of the main concerns reported by airports were SRA scheduling and the duration of the brainstorming session.

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