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in Civil Aviationin Civil Aviation.. Proposals to Proposals to improve State Flight Safety improve State Flight Safety

ProgramProgram

Evgeny A. Gorbunov, General Director, Union of Evgeny A. Gorbunov, General Director, Union of Aviation IndustrialistsAviation Industrialists

Conception of safety

Safety is the notion when the risk of causing

harm to a person or property is reduced and

supported at acceptable or lower level due to

continuous process of danger and risk

management

ICAO requirements

ICAO differentiates between Flight Safety

Maintenance Program and Flight Safety Management

System:

State Flight Safety Program is a complex of measures

and regulations aimed to increase flight safety level

It is necessary to have Flight Safety Management System

for complex carrying out of measures and regulations

presented in State Flight Safety Program

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Flight Safety Management System (FSMS)

Organized approach to safety management covering

particularly organization structures,responsibility, policy

and procedures Regulated organizations are

responsible for carrying out of FSMS.

States are responsible for adoption and control over

FSMS of regulated organizations

General requirements of ICAO to the states and maintenance suppliers

ICAO standards and recommended

practices (SARPS)

Availability of State Flight Safety

Maintenance Program (complex of regulations and

measures aimed to improve flight safety)

Requirements to the states

Flight Safety Management System of aircraft operator (regular

approach to flight safety maintenance, comprising necessary organization

structures, spheres of responsibility, policy and procedures)

Requirements to aircraft operators

Complex of regulations

and measures

Flight safety dataStated level of flight safety

Flight Safety Management System of maintenance suppliers

Acceptable level of flight safety

Requirements to maintenance suppliers

Complex of regulations

and measures

Flight safety data

Acceptable level of

flight safetyStated level of flight safety

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Extract from 101 Amendment

5.3 Starting from November, 14, 2013 the states obligate within their Flight Safety Program organizations

responsible for type design or aircraft manufacturing to adopt acceptable Flight Safety Management System,

which at least:defines flight safety risks;

provides adoption of corrective actions necessary to support coordinate level of flight safety;

Foresees constant carrying out of monitoring and regular estimation of flight safety level;

Is aimed at constant improvement of general efficiency of Flight Safety Management System;

Notice. Instructive material concerning definition of flight safety level is provided in ICAO Safety Management

Manual (Doc 9859)

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Extract from 101 Amendment

Starting from November, 14, 2013 the Flight Safety Management System distinctly defines the hierarchy of responsibility within the whole organization in charge of

type design or aircraft manufacturing including direct responsibility top management for flight safety.

Note. The term “maintenance supplier” implies any organization providing aviation services. This term

comprise certified educational organizations, subject to risk factors while providing their services; aircraft operators;

certified organizations of technical maintenance; organizations responsible for type design and (or) of

assembly of aircraft; maintenance suppliers of air traffic and certified airdromes.

StateState Flight Safety Program for civil aircrafts Flight Safety Program for civil aircrafts in Russiain Russia

May, 6th, 2008. The Government of Russian Federation adopted State Flight Safety Program for

civil aircrafts.

Ministry of transport of Russia was made responsible within determined sphere of activity of Russia’s

obligations issued from the Convention on International Civil Aviation, to provide adoption and unified application of requirements in flight safety sphere provided by standards and recommended practices of ICAO within the territory of Russian

Federation.

MainMain directions of realization of the directions of realization of the ProgramProgram

The Program comprises six directions, combining a complex of regulations and measures of different

significance depending on level of development of any given part of State Flight Safety Program.

Members of the System annually organize actions in all the directions on the federal level, including working out of departmental and Federal Target Programs , providing the carrying out of specific most efficient

actions to improve flight safety in existing conditions of financing.

As a whole carrying out of these actions will aid to reach the set target.

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Amendment to international standards adopted by the Council of ICAO in spring of 2009

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According to international standards stated in Annex 1, 6,8,11, 13 and 14, State Flight Safety program is administrative system of flight safety management in the state.

State obligations and responsibility for flight safety in accordance with the standards stated above provide that the state defines, sets document

requirements, obligations and responsibility for the adoption and carrying out of State Flight Safety Program. This provides working out of instructions on

planning, management, working out, control and constant improvement of State Flight Safety Program in accordance with state targets within flight safety sphere.

Moreover, this also provides exact definition of resource allocation order necessary for realization of State Flight Safety Program.

Amendments to acts of standard on compulsory

certification of maintenance suppliers concerning

adoption of requirements to Flight Safety Management

System

Amendments to acts of standard on compulsory

certification of maintenance suppliers concerning

adoption of requirements to Flight Safety Management

System

Amendments to orders of competent authorities on

authorization of administrative procedures

concerning implementation of the function in Flight

Safety Management System

Amendments to orders of competent authorities on

authorization of administrative procedures

concerning implementation of the function in Flight

Safety Management System

Authorization by Mintrans and Minpromtorg of the list of aviation personnel

and state services for organization of Flight Safety Management System functioning

Authorization by Mintrans and Minpromtorg of the list of aviation personnel

and state services for organization of Flight Safety Management System functioning

Amendments toAir laws regulation of the Russian Federation

Amendments toAir laws regulation of the Russian Federation

Amendments tothe Decree of the

Government of the Russian Federation issued in July, 30th,

2004(№ 395 )

Statute of Mintrans

Amendments tothe Decree of the

Government of the Russian Federation issued in July, 30th,

2004(№ 395 )

Statute of Mintrans

Amendments to the Decree of the

Government of the Russian Federation issued in July, 30th,

2004(№ 396) Statute of the Federal Air Transport

Agency

Amendments to the Decree of the

Government of the Russian Federation issued in July, 30th,

2004(№ 396) Statute of the Federal Air Transport

Agency

Amendments to the Decree of the

Government of the Russian Federation issued in July, 30th,

2004(№398) Statute of the Federal Agency for

Transport supervision

Amendments to the Decree of the

Government of the Russian Federation issued in July, 30th,

2004(№398) Statute of the Federal Agency for

Transport supervision

Authorization of Federal Aviation

Rules which set the requirements to Flight Safety Management

System of maintenance suppliers and administrative

procedure of their implementation

Authorization of Federal Aviation

Rules which set the requirements to Flight Safety Management

System of maintenance suppliers and administrative

procedure of their implementation

Amendments to the Decree of the

Government of the Russian Federation issued in June, 5th,

2008 (N 438)Statute of

Minpromtorg

Amendments to the Decree of the

Government of the Russian Federation issued in June, 5th,

2008 (N 438)Statute of

Minpromtorg

Scheme of amending the aviation legislation with implementation of international standards

Authorization of Federal Aviation Rules which set requirements to

aviation personnel during adoption of

Flight Safety Management

System

Tasks and objectives of training of aviation personnel with implementation

of international standards The aim of training is education of aviation personnel and top-management in planning,

coordination and management of processes to provide safety at aviation organizations and

maintenance supplier organizationsThe task of training is getting knowledge in

designing, construction and practical implementation of Flight Safety Management

system and prevention of aviation accidents in civil aviation

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Organization of training process at state level

In accordance with paragraph 52 of Air laws regulations of the Russian Federation the list of duty positions of

aviation personnel in charge of organization of work on functioning of Flight Safety Management System is to be

approved by Mintrans and Minpromtorg

In accordance with paragraph 52 of Air laws regulations of the Russian Federation Federal Aviation Rules specifying requirements to aviation personnel in charge of

organization of work on functioning of Flight Safety Management System are to be issued

Role of civil aviation organizations and maintenance suppliers

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Support of functioning of Flight Safety Management System of aircraft operations, airports and maintenance suppliers

Implementation of requirements of regulating authorities

Introduction of positive experience of successful organizations of civil aviation

Participation in development of industrial strategy on flight safety

Training of aviation personnel for Flight Safety Management System Functioning

Implementation of equipment used to improve flight safety level

Conclusion

For actualization of State Flight Safety Program and harmonization of its rules and regulations

with international standards stated in Annex 1, 6, 8, 11, 13, 14 and approved by the Council of ICAO in March of 2009, it is necessary to work out and carry out proposals on amending the Decree of the Government of Russian Federation issued in

March, 6th, 2008 (№ 641-р).

ConclusionConclusionFlight Safety Management is a mutual aim of the

Government of Russian Federation and aviation industry.

Solution of the problem cited above will provide timely adoption of corrective measures by qualified personnel to prevent flight accidents and will let the

realization of main principle of Flight Safety Management System, which gives the opportunities to

foresee and eliminate problems before they cause a flight accident.

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