Convention Preview (pdf) - Helicopter Association International

of this technology in air medicine, firefighting, and
law enforcement. Although we currently have nightvision
devices and dashboard-mounted synthetic
vision systems, this new version will add real-time
sensors (the enhancement) to a helmet-mounted
display. The resulting “view” will allow pilots to see
through all types of obstacles in the degraded visual
environment, including fog, snow, dust, and clouds.
NextGen Flight Deck Technology
for Runway Incursions
March 5, 2013 || 8:30 am – 9:30 am || Flight Operations
Instructor: Robert Joslin, chief scientific and technical
advisor for flight deck technology, Federal Aviation
Administration
This course will analyze the effectiveness of current
safety controls for reducing runway incursions,
consider precedents from regulation-based
technological controls, and explore NextGen runway
incursion awareness systems as aircraft flight
deck equipage. Reduction of runway incursions
has been a top strategic objective for the Federal
Aviation Administration over the last decade and
is repeatedly listed on the National Transportation
Safety Board’s Most Wanted List of transportation
safety improvements.
Operational Risk Management:
Beyond the Planning
March 6, 2013 || 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm || Flight Operations
Instructors: Dan Deutermann, managing director,
The Squadron, Inc.; and Rick Christoffersen, director
of safety, The Squadron, Inc.
The challenge is to provide a simple framework
of a proven risk assessment tool, tailor it for a
helicopter mission, and then understand how to
use its information beyond preflight planning. The
course will use a practical exercise to demonstrate
how operators can tailor the aid with inputs from
their fellow operators. Attendees will also learn how
to use the tool during mission execution and during
postflight to capture lessons learned and augment
safety awareness.
Rotor Rooter:
Rooting for Autorotational Success
March 5, 2013 || 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm || Flight Operations
Instructor: Dr. Steve Sparks, principal operations
inspector, Federal Aviation Administration
The Rotor Rooter Program is an FAA Safety Team
(FAASTeam) education initiative aimed at reducing
light-helicopter training accidents in support of
the International Helicopter Safety Team’s accident
reduction goals. Analysis reveals that approximately
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18 percent of all helicopter accidents occur during
training, while a large portion of these accidents
occur during autorotation training.
Scenario-Based Training
for Pilot Decision Making
March 5, 2013 || 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm || Flight Operations
Instructor: Katherine Hilst, owner, manager, and
principal trainer, Safety Design Consulting, LLC
Scenario-based training (SBT) is a system that
incorporates real-world experiences that are scripted
to meet flight training objectives from a specific
operational context. It can be utilized for both initial
training and more advanced operations. SBT allows
trainees the opportunity to improve pilot decisionmaking
skills in a targeted operational context. This
course covers the limitations of human decision
making as it applies to pilots and demonstrates the
use of various SBT approaches.
Spatial Disorientation / Flying
on Night-Vision Goggles
March 6, 2013 || 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm || Flight Operations
Instructor: Rich Weber, chief pilot F/W, Jacksonville
(FL) Sheriff’s Aviation Unit
This course is for pilots and crewmembers flying
rotary-wing aircraft. The course covers background,
statistics, factors affecting spatial disorientation (SD),
types of SD, and prevention and treatment of SD.
Topics include becoming spatially disorientated while
flying on night-vision goggles (NVGs), including the
causes, effects, limitations, and skills needed to help
prevent SD while flying with NVGs. Video is used in
this presentation.
Training Safety or Training Safely
March 6, 2013 || 8:30 am – 9:30 am || Flight Operations
Instructor: Nick Mayhew, general manager, Bristow
Academy (Titusville, FL); chairman, IHST JHSIT
Training Working Group
“Training Safety” is using training tools to develop a
safe attitude in pilots, be they students, commercial
pilots, or instructors. It is the pilot in command’s
responsibility to use all available tools to assess risks,
execute the flight, and return everybody in a safe
and relaxed manner. “Training Safely” is the idea
that both instructor (or examiner) and student pilot
have a stake in safely conducting the flight. The
course will discuss and develop this theme.
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