IATA: Safety isn’t a competition
MONTREAL – The International Air Transport Association (IATA), along with three aviation safety organisations, have agreed to share know-how in a bid to make the skies safer.
IATA, along with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the Commission of the European Union (EU), intend to create a global information exchange
“Today’s milestone agreement marks the first time the global aviation community has come together to work on a global safety information exchange,†said Giovanni Bisignani, IATA’s Director General and CEO.
In 1945, there were nine million passengers and 247 fatalities. In 2009, 2.3 billion people flew with 685 fatalities.
“Every fatality is a human tragedy and reminds us that we must do better. Today’s agreement is one more important step to make a safe industry even safer,†said Bisignani.
Audit data will be a key element in the project. IATA, ICAO, the FAA and the EU conduct audit programmes that collect complementary safety information.
“We must understand safety trends, not just from the handful of accidents each year, but by bringing together and analysing data from millions of safe flights. With this we can take more effective action to reduce risks and improve safety performance,†said Bisignani.
“There is no competition when it comes to safety. Cooperation is the way forward,†said Bisignani.
The four organisations will standardise safety audit information and ensure compliance with local privacy laws and policies.
The 2009 global accident rate, measured in hull losses per million flights of Western-built jet aircraft, was 0.71. In 2008, a 0.81 rate recorded.
Compared to 10 years ago, the accident rate has been cut 36 percent from the 1.11 rate recorded in 2000.
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