Civil Flight Safety
A major problem expected in the future is the serious shortage of qualified and competent manpower. Solution to this problem would require long term vision and planning.
Safety is Paramount Over the next 20 years, annual passenger traffic is estimated to grow by 200 per cent which makes it all the more important to sustain enhanced focus on Air Safety
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By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (retd) Air Safety is a vital aspect in the domain of civil aviation that needs to be given the highest priority to provide the desired level of safety for the air passengers as also to ensure that airplanes are free from factors that may lead to damage or destruction of the platform. The right level of air safety will also enable the industry to flourish in the long term. Air Safety in civil aviation should not be confused with Security in Civil Aviation as the latter is just one part in the canvas of Air Safety in civil aviation that may also adversely affect safety of the air passengers. Security in civil aviation includes all of the measures adopted to combat, neutralise or prevent intentional malicious acts by elements that can pose serious threat to the well being of the air traveller. Lapses in aviation security can thus be highly detrimental to the well being of the civil aviation industry as a whole.
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The focus of this article however, will be on the aspect of Air Safety in civil aviation which will include the state of an aviation system or organisation in which risks associated with aviation activities, related to or in direct support of the operation of aircraft, are reduced and are kept controlled to an acceptable level. Management of Air Safety in the civil aviation industry would include theory, practice, investigation, categorisation of failures experienced in flight and the prevention of such failures through regulation, education and training. It can also be applied in the context of campaigns to promote awareness amongst the travelling public on the issue of safety in air travel. Analysis of data reveals that over the last ten years, 82 per cent of the accidents in the global fleet of jet airliners as well as jet aircraft in the business and general aviation segment
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