Safety Through Collaboration
Automation Workstream Briefing
Tim Rolfe
Lisbon Conference – 9 May 2015
Safety Through Collaboration
Why are we talking about Automation?
• Core JOR workstream
• Helicopter technology advances
• Pace of 2nd to 4th generation evolution
• Automation Friend or Foe?
• Human-centred design
• Central safety consideration - managed
well, protects our passengers and
crews
Automation
Safety Through Collaboration
Recent Fixed-wing experience
• AF 447 (South Atlantic)
• Turkish Airlines 1951 (AMS)
• Asiana 214 (SFO)
“/lack of understanding /
awareness of the state of
automated systems..”
Safety Through Collaboration
Audience Voting
• On a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 being
highest), what is the importance to
us as an industry of focusing on
Automation as a safety issue?
Safety Through Collaboration
Proposed strategic approach
“We believe that all of our
pilots should have an
unequivocal understanding of
how the designer intended
their automated systems to
be operated”
FCOM
Flight Crew Ops Manual
FCOM
Flight Crew Ops Manual
Standardised
Operations and Training
Standardised
Operations and Training
Updated Training
Standards
Updated Training
Standards
Updated Certification
Standards
Updated Certification
Standards
Automation to support
Offshore Environment
Automation to support
Offshore Environment
Safety Through Collaboration
Short term goal: FCOM
• Industry innovation
• Developmental partnership
• Must become ‘the norm’ for
all complex types:
EC225, EC175, S92, S76, AW139,
AW189, AW609, B525
Updated Training
Standards
Updated Training
Standards
Automation to support
Offshore Environment
Automation to support
Offshore Environment
Updated Certification
Standards
Updated Certification
Standards
FCOM
Flight Crew Ops Manual
FCOM
Flight Crew Ops Manual
Standardised
Operations and Training
Standardised
Operations and Training
Safety Through Collaboration
Short term goal: FCOM
Table Discussion:
What are the breakthroughs
needed to ensure the success
of FCOM? Updated Training
Standards
Updated Training
Standards
Automation to support
Offshore Environment
Automation to support
Offshore Environment
Updated Certification
Standards
Updated Certification
Standards
FCOM
Flight Crew Ops Manual
FCOM
Flight Crew Ops Manual
Standardised
Operations and Training
Standardised
Operations and Training
Safety Through Collaboration
Short term goal: Training Support
• Development of Automation
Training Videos
• Opportunity to share
experiences and learnings
FCOM
Flight Crew Ops Manual
FCOM
Flight Crew Ops Manual
Updated Training
Standards
Updated Training
Standards
Automation to support
Offshore Environment
Automation to support
Offshore Environment
Updated Certification
Standards
Updated Certification
Standards
Standardised
Operations and Training
Standardised
Operations and Training
Safety Through Collaboration
Short term goal: Automation in the
Offshore environment
• Several variances in offshore
approach profiles
• Gap in technology support
• Opportunity to define best
practice
FCOM
Flight Crew Ops Manual
FCOM
Flight Crew Ops Manual
Standardised
Operations and Training
Standardised
Operations and Training
Updated Training
Standards
Updated Training
Standards
Updated Certification
Standards
Updated Certification
Standards
Automation to support
Offshore Environment
Automation to support
Offshore Environment
Safety Through Collaboration
Short term goal: Automation in
the Offshore environment
Table Discussion:
What are the breakthroughs
needed to define and innovate
around best practice in this
area?
FCOM
Flight Crew Ops Manual
FCOM
Flight Crew Ops Manual
Standardised
Operations and Training
Standardised
Operations and Training
Updated Training
Standards
Updated Training
Standards
Updated Certification
Standards
Updated Certification
Standards
Automation to support
Offshore Environment
Automation to support
Offshore Environment
Safety Through Collaboration
Mid-term goals: progress to date
• Access to Evidence-
based Training (EBT)
• Certification Standards
update
FCOM
Flight Crew Ops Manual
FCOM
Flight Crew Ops Manual
Standardised Ops and
Training
Standardised Ops and
Training
Automation to support
Offshore Environment
Automation to support
Offshore Environment
Updated Training
Standards
Updated Training
Standards
Updated Certification
Standards
Updated Certification
Standards
Safety Through Collaboration
Voting and suggestions
• Vote: With respect to safety,
how many of your top 5
priorities within Automation are
on our Top 5 list here?
• Request: Please write down on
a Post-It any priority we have
missed from the Top 5 list
FCOM
Flight Crew Ops Manual
FCOM
Flight Crew Ops Manual
Standardised
Operations and Training
Standardised
Operations and Training
Updated Training
Standards
Updated Training
Standards
Updated Certification
Standards
Updated Certification
Standards
Automation to support
Offshore Environment
Automation to support
Offshore Environment
Safety Through Collaboration
Summary and Questions
• Are these the right priorities?
• What, if anything is missing?
• How can you participate?
FCOM
Flight Crew Ops Manual
FCOM
Flight Crew Ops Manual
Standardised
Operations and Training
Standardised
Operations and Training
Updated Training
Standards
Updated Training
Standards
Automation to support
Offshore Environment
Automation to support
Offshore Environment
Updated Certification
Standards
Updated Certification
Standards
Safety Through Collaboration
Questions