We often say that continuing to improve the industry’s safety performance requires collaboration among stakeholders from across the aviation spectrum, including manufacturers, operators, regulators, training organizations, air navigation service providers and airports. A big part of that collaboration involves data collection and analysis, and information sharing. The sharing of information on the security situation in various countries or regions of the world may not spring readily to mind when aviation safety professionals think about data sharing, but it should.
Recently, the Dutch Safety Board released a report that said that in the five years since the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 by a surface-to-air missile, airlines and regulators have become better at gathering information about flying over conflict zones. The report referenced initiatives launched by the International Civil Aviation Organization, the European Aviation Safety Agency and several states to better a…
