F.J. Leonelli

An important objective of the Federal Aviation Administration, Flight Standards Service (AFS) and the "Aging Aircraft Program" is to improve surveillance by enabling safety inspectors to focus attention in the areas of greatest need. The workforce must evaluate a growing amount of information on a daily basis. While air travel is expected to increase by 2010, staffing is not expected to increase. Much of the information, that could assist the workforce, resides on about 25 data bases including information entered by inspectors. Access to data is not user-friendly, or designed for easy trending, or analysis. The Safety Performance and Analysis System (SPAS) is designed as an analysis tool. Its purpose is to assist the inspectors and managers to retrieve and use information in a user-friendly, timely and efficient manner, define priorities and target surveillance. Safety indicators will be defined to analyze air operator, air agency, aircraft and air personnel information. SPAS will be used to develop and implement realistic work programs locally, and nationally. Benefits include improved determination of staffing needs, allocation of resources, scheduling special inspections and training requirements. Access to industry data bases is a longer term possibility. SPAS implementation is currently scheduled for 1995 and 1996.

5th International Conference on Structural Airworthiness of New and Aging Aircraft, Hamburg, 1993

Conference Paper

englisch

21,0 x 29,7 cm, 4 Seiten

DGLR-Bericht, 1993, 1993-02, 5th International Conference on Structural Airworthiness of New and Aging Aircraft - Proceedings; S.207-210; 1993; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt - Lilienthal-Oberth e.V., Bonn

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structural fatigue

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1993