I thought I would take this opportunity to catch everyone up on what happened at the recent International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Assembly. ICAO has one of these big meetings every three years — an opportunity to turn resolutions into international law, and to define the organization’s work program for the next three years. Ninety percent of this meeting was about security and the environment, but there also were a couple of important safety issues to talk about.
ICAO has grasped the importance of data gathering, sharing and protection. It is investing in a major effort that will integrate information from ICAO, Europe, the United States, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and others to create a truly global and relevant database of safety occurrences. More players will be joining the process, and we have started discussions to see how Flight Safety Foundation can help. Part of this database will be fed by the ICAO audit program that will transition fr…
