Runway Safety Scuttlebutt (Knowledge)

 19 Mar 23: 

Learning Objectives:

Ask-Assess-Act  (The Triple A Model)

Look-Listen-Live

Communicate

Scuttlebutts are the drinking casks on old ships, and that is where crew congregated to share the word. And rumors. So if someone says they have some scuttlebutt, that means they have some info.

Rumors this week is that there is an uptick in runway incursions. There is in fact, multiple near hits since Jan 1 make us Ask what is going on, Assess the current system state and Act to implement mitigations to restore the system to a safe state. Ask-Assess-Act is the quickest system I have to conduct safety management.

We had a blog years ago and I transferred the musings to a new page, Signal Charlie. I'm going to bring that knowledge to this site over time. You can search here or there for good information, and share your tips with us. We care about each other and by sharing our collective knowledge increases. When knowledge increases, performance increases. It might be time to add to your safety library, and we'll talk more about that over the next few days.

It's going to be a bit or two before technology mitigates this threat, it is one the few remaining Dirty Dozen left over from the 20th Century. So what can we do today when operating near high energy state runways? We can do what we do at railroad crossings, we can Look-Listen-Live. That's an improved version of the old crossbucks that read Stop-Look-Listen.

Speaking of listening, we need to COMMUNICATE and listen to the system. Risk Management communications are not transmit only, they are transmit, receive and then ensure the message is understood, aka Readback. NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) collects hazard reports from the skies, codes and adds them to the database, and publishes a monthly electronic newsletter called Callback. Time to sign up, contribute and read. This one a few ways we know Howgozit.

Learning Objectives:

Ask-Assess-Act  (The Triple A Model)

Look-Listen-Live

Communicate

Questions? Answers? Feel free to communicate via comments, phone/text (850) 449-4841, or email lewis.kent@gmail.com I'm a lifetime learner, looking forward to hearing from you. 

Cheers,

"Clark" Kent Lewis

Old, but not Bold, Aviator

PS Skipper's degree is in Communications, so she's the expert in that arena. And she's a descendant of Patriot Pirates, so keep an eye on your prize or she will.