After decades of safety innovations prompted by accident findings, the aviation industry has begun developing initiatives derived instead from analyses of normal, safe operations, Tzvetomir Blajev, Flight Safety Foundation’s director, Europe and global operations safety, told the Foundation’s International Air Safety Summit (IASS) today (Sept. 22).
“We need to learn from our successes as well,” Blajev said during the second and final day of the 74th annual IASS, being held virtually. “We believe the answer is learning from all operations.”
He pointed not only to the Foundation’s “Learning From All Operations” report, issued earlier this year but also to several programs discussed by members of a panel discussion that shared the report’s name.
In one presentation, Bogomir Glavan, a first officer with American Airlines and member of the airline’s Learning and Improvement Team, said the team’s efforts involve measuring 28 pilot proficiencies and incorporat…
