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value of training with respect to egress procedures,
best practices, and where the helicopter aviation
industry stands as a whole regarding ditching and
egress training.
Quantum Safety Metrics
March 6, 2013 || 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm || Safety Management
Instructor: D Smith, Federal Air Safety Investigator,
U.S. Department of Transportation, Transportation
Safety Institute
Quantum safety metrics is a practical method of
measuring organizational safety effort and that
provides a quantifiable value for management to
reference safety program health.
Safety Management Systems: Truth or Dare?
March 5, 2013 || 8:30 am – 9:30 am || Safety Management
Instructors: Shawn Coyle, technical marketing
manager, Marinvent Inc; Captain Peter Ireland,
director, Edge Aerodynamix Inc.
Does SMS provide comfort to the operator or the
administrator? This course is an interactive gap
analysis of the prior year’s adverse events in the
context of the concepts of safety management
system (SMS) implementation. The workshop
will provide the audience with the opportunity
to critically assess the merits of SMS as it exists
within example organizations and the audience’s
experience, and how SMS programs perform in light
of continued fleet performance. Are we getting
signal or noise?
Safety Management Through
Flight Data Monitoring
March 5, 2013 || 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm || Safety Management
Instructors: Stuart Lau, vice president/Flight Data
Monitoring Services, CAPACG, LLC; Paul Spring,
Founder and President, Phoenix Heli-Flight Inc.
Members of the International Helicopter Safety
Team Joint Helicopter Safety Implementation
Team and Global HFDM Community will provide
a brief introduction to the concept of flight data
monitoring (FDM), as well as the history of its use.
More importantly, the presenters will reveal why
FDM is an essential part of a safety management
system and how it can positively impact the safety
culture of an organization.
HELI‐EXPO is the only show that
brings everyone together.
– Harry Stinson, Chief Pilot
PowerSouth Energy
Las Vegas • March 4–7
SMS for Small Fleet or Private Operators
March 5, 2013 || 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm || Safety Management
Instructor: Bryan Smith, committee chair, IHST JHSIT
Safety Management System Committee
Safety management systems (SMSs) have become
a standard for large and medium-sized commercial
operators, and the positive effect that SMS has on
safety in those arenas is significant. Some aspects of
these established systems make it difficult for smaller
businesses or private operators to implement. This
course will offer an overview of new International
Helicopter Safety Team SMS programs and
information that will allow small operations to reap
the same safety benefits large operators have come
to enjoy.
Using a System Description to
Understand Your Risk
March 5, 2013 || 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm || Safety Management
Instructor: Sonya Tietjen, principal, Safety Management
Systems, Gael Ltd.; Founding Member, Global
Helicopter Flight Data Monitoring Steering Group
The International Civil Aviation Organization
describes the system description as “the first
prerequisite” to developing a safety management
system (SMS), yet most organizations jump straight
to the gap analysis as the starting point of their SMS
implementation. So what is a system description, and
what are the benefits of creating one? Following
a brief introduction, a hands-on exercise will
create a simple system description. The result will
demonstrate the methods for mapping an operation
and the interfaces between departments and service
providers. The goal is to focus on hazards and a
systemic approach to managing risk.
What Pilots and Mechanics Should
Know About Air Medical Operations
March 6, 2013 || 10:00 am – 11:00 am || Safety Management
Instructors: Eileen Frazer, executive director, CAMTS;
and Dudley Smith, treasurer, CAMTS
Understanding the roles of pilots and mechanics in
air medical operations is necessary for any person
who wishes to enter this segment of the industry.
Air medical operations have unique operational and
training requirements for various mission profiles.
This introduction to air medical operations provides
an understanding of the distinct safety issues that
affect the aviation team members.
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