Control room training and certification for space operations

Bye, Rolf Johan; Ekle, R; Heide, Beate; Aasprang, B; Antonsen, Stian

doi:10.1201/b15938-43

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“…Further, 27% of the AW/PAX pilots have been temporarily laid off once or several times, and 40% of the pilots employed by AW/PAX have additional employment outside the helicopter company (freelance pilots not included). There is a general view among pilots that the employment conditions are best among the larger operators [2].…”

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“…The services are predominately based on single assignments, and price is often the most important criterion [2]. Most suppliers, the lowest fee, and lowest margins, are characteristics of where most of the accidents occur, i.e., AW/PAX.…”

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“…The quality of this facility varies. The extent of the training, measured in hours is generally limited, and in some companies, the pilots must pay for the use of the helicopters when conducting re-certification [2].…”

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“…An analysis of Norwegian onshore helicopter transportation in 2013 concluded that the fatal accident risk had increased during the previous five years [2]. The analyses showed a high risk for onshore helicopters, and a variation between different types of operations.…”

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“…The research reports have been developed as a part of the "Helicopter Safety Study Number 1, 2 and 3" from 1990 to 2010 (see [1,10,11]), "Trends in Risk Levels" in the petroleum activity [12], "Safety study onshore helicopters" [2], and the ongoing research project "Work related accidents in road sea and air transport" [13]. The authors have been involved in these projects, and been responsible for several of the analyses.…”

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Addressing Differences in Safety Influencing Factors—A Comparison of Offshore and Onshore Helicopter Operations

Bye

Johnsen

Lillehammer³

2018

Safety

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Abstract:The accident levels in helicopter transportation vary between geographical regions and types of operations. In this paper, we develop some hypotheses regarding the factors that may explain this variation. The aim of this paper is to improve safety in helicopter transportation through better understanding of the causes leading to fatal accidents. We provide an analysis of three segments of helicopter transportation in Norway (i.e., offshore transportation; onshore ambulance/police, and onshore transportation). This analysis refers to international research on helicopter accidents. The number of fatal accidents per million flight hours in Norwegian offshore helicopter transportation was 2.8 in 1990-1999 and zero in 2000-2015. In Norwegian onshore helicopter transportation, the fatal accident rate was 13.8 in the period 2000-2012. Twenty-three onshore helicopters crashed to the ground; seven of these crashes were fatal, killing 16 people. It is reasonable to question why there is such a significant difference in accident rates between offshore and onshore helicopter transportation. We have approached this question by comparing how the different segments of helicopter transportation are organized and managed. Our analysis shows that there are major differences both at the "sharp" end (i.e., in actual operations) and the "blunt" end (i.e., rules, regulations and organization). This includes differences in regulations, market conditions, work organization (i.e., training, employment conditions, and qualifications of the crews), operations and technology. A central argument is that differences in the market conditions and requirements stipulated by the users explain some of these differences. The same differences can be found internationally. If we use best practice and expert judgments, there is an opportunity to improve helicopter safety through improving the socio-technical system (i.e., organizational issues, improved design, improved maintenance of critical components and more focus on operational factors). A reasonable goal is that the international helicopter transportation industry could reduce the accident level to less than one fatal accident per million flight hours (Considering the oil and gas industry internationally, this would reduce the average of 24 fatalities annually to 4 per year, thus saving 20 lives each year).

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