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Dear Members,
Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP)
Scheduled to launch Monday, February 18th
Flight Attendant Handbooks are in your
mailbox now.
The Association of Flight
Attendants (AFA), US Airways and the FAA have through a cooperative effort
established the Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP). The program compliments
those programs that are already in existence, Pilots, Maintenance and Dispatch
at US Airways. ASAP is a voluntary, non-punitive, self-reporting safety program
designed to identify and reduce possible safety concerns. Through your reporting
of a possible violation or safety issue we can better understand operational
deficiencies; non-compliance with regulations, deviations from company policies
and procedures, and unusual events. As a safety professional and first responder
we encounter many safety hazards during the course of our working day, we now
have the opportunity to address those concerns directly to the company and the
FAA without fear of discipline. All reports submitted are de-identified (all
names are removed) and forwarded to the Event Review Committee (ERC). If the
report meets the acceptance criteria and is accepted, the ERC will review,
investigate and analyze the report. The information gained is used to make
recommendations to policy and procedures, to help identify and correct
individual and industry wide safety problems. Without your help many safety
concerns may go unknown. The recognition and understanding of safety issues will
help us achieve the highest level of safety.
Within the on-line
reporting process you will have the ability to send a de-identified copy of your
report to NASA-ASRS (Aviation Safety Reporting System). NASA-ASRS is the world’s
largest repository of voluntary, confidential safety information provided by
aviation’s frontline personnel. It is an actively managed system that tracks and
trends reports for safety hazards within the industry. If a safety hazard is
trended ASRS has the ability to notify the aviation industry. NASA-ASRS
estimates they will have processed up to 80,000 reports for 2012. Because NASA
ASRS is an actively monitored data stream that identifies aviation hazards found
in submitted reports AFA encourages you to click "Yes" and send your
report to NASA-ASRS.
All Handbooks have been
delivered and are in your mailboxes. The handbook will further explain what the
ASAP program entails and how to report. Look for your ERC members in the near
future at your base, we will be there to introduce ourselves and discuss the
program with you.
If you have any questions
please email to your AFA ERC representatives:
Dauna
Slater
ERC
Primary
AFA MEC
Chair
Air
Safety, Health and Security/West
safety@afa66.org
Barrington Johnson
ERC
Alternate
AFA MEC
Chair
Air
Safety, Health and Security/East
bjohnson@afausairways.org
Safety is
the Ultimate Customer Service!
AFA/CWA SASH
Committee Representatives
Useful Safety Links:
AFA National
Office Website:
http://www.afacwa.org/
AFA
Air Safety, Health and Security Department (ASHSD)
http://ashsd.afacwa.org/index.cfm
Self
Defense Training:
http://www.tsa.gov/lawenforcement/programs/
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