How To “Not” Have A Great Adventure! Or…Avoid the following suggestions at all costs including your life! Jim Toombs Regional Safety Program Manager Atlanta,

How To “Not” Have A Great Adventure!

Or…Avoid the following suggestions at all costs including your life!

Jim Toombs

Regional Safety Program Manager

Atlanta, Georgia

You know..John might have the right idea…..

• For years we have been fed a lie..that flying is safe..Flying is not safe. Pilots and maintenance technicians need to take every action within reason to minimize threatening situations.

Each flight is a series of links in a chain

• As we prepare for a flight, we need to:

flight environment, personal skills, equipment, navigation requirements and

weather.

Identify -Access - Manage - Monitor

There are 7 steps

• Define Mission• Identify Safety Concerns• Access Risks• Identify Options• Balance Risk vs. Gain• Execute Your Decision• Monitor

Step 1: My Mission

To Fly my 1953 Cessna 170 B toGrand Cayman Island for the International Aviation Week

2nd Step: Identify Concerns

• 1. Fuel

• 1a. Airworthiness

• 1b. Personal Skills

• 1c. Weather

• 1d. Survival Equipment

• 1.e NAV/COM Equipment

• 1f. Flight Environment

3rd Step: Access Risks

Probability

Severity

Rare

Survivable

Acceptable

Acceptable

Exposure Manageable Acceptable

Planes don’t just fall out of the sky.

People survive ditching in the ocean with proper equipment and training.

45 minutes from land at the most distant point.

4th Step: Identify Options

• Avoid Risks

• Accept Risks

• Reduce Risks

• Take the Airlines

• Understand your personal risk tolerance

• Proper preflight planning and maintenance will minimize problems.

5th Step: Risk vs Gain

• Analyze risk level for the mission with your controls in place. This step serves as a “Reality Check” to verify the desire to undertake the mission.

6th Step: Execute The Decision

7th Step: Monitor The Situation

Risk Management Model

Hazards Associated with Task

Mission

Severity Probability Exposure

Risk Level - Is it Acceptable?

No - The Risk Is Not Acceptable

• Eliminate Risk

• Reduce Risk• Modify Risk

• Cancel Mission

Risk Management is a Continuos Process

Yes - The Risk Is Acceptable

• Control Severity, Probablity & Exposure

• Execute Mission

• Monitor The Mission

Risk Management is a Continuos Process

Enjoy It!(I was still thinking about the trip home)

My Traveling Buddy & Maintenance Guy!