It is widely recognized among safety experts that the collection, analysis and sharing of data is key to improving the industry’s already stellar safety record. Despite this recognition, however, numerous obstacles and issues exist that prevent industry stakeholders from realizing the full potential of what the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) refers to as Safety Data Collection and Processing Systems (SDCPS).
I am delighted to announce that the Flight Safety Foundation, through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), will lead an international initiative to identify and address current issues surrounding the collection, analysis, protection and use of information derived from data collected through SDCPSs. This initiative, which builds on an important base of existing work many years in the making, initially will focus on the Latin America and Asia Pacific regions.
The first step of this project is to identify and catalog ex…
