Flying Around

Runway Incursion Survey

Background

Airservices Australia is undertaking an ongoing no blame review of air safety occurrences related to Runway Incursions.

Runway incursion reports are nearly all generated by Air Traffic Control (ATC) and often does not capture the human factor issues that may have triggered the incident. It is the view of Airservices Australia that to improve safety standards and help reduce runway incursions, we need to develop good feedback links. These would provide reliable information of how the flight crew or ground personnel perceived the incident occurred. With this data, collectively we will be better able to determine whether any changes are required to procedures, training or ground facilities at airports.

The review will involve all flight and ground personnel involved in ATC reported runway incidents. Routine notification of such safety occurrences from Airservices will alert us to those instances which need to be part of the review.

Instructions

The survey should take no more than 10 minutes to complete. Your assistance in helping to promote safety is greatly appreciated.

Assurances

The report does not include any personal details which would allow any external company or agency involved in the study to identify you. As a consequence, your confidentiality is assured.

The review team will be looking for trends, trigger events and issues rather than individual performances and no action will be taken against you on the basis of the information you provide.

Conclusion

Airservices Management has endorsed the review given that it aims to improve the safety and efficiency of the ATS system. Your participation would be greatly beneficial.

The de-identified summary of the review will be published in appropriate industry safety newsletters. So please spare a few minutes to help your fellow aviators avoid incidents.

If you want any additional information on this review, please contact:

Glenn Morris
Internal Safety Programs Manager
Airservices Australia
Phone: 03 9339 2488
Mobile: 0419 104 523
Email: glenn.morris@airservicesaustralia.com