Flight Safety Information - January 20, 2023 No. 015 In This Issue : Incident: NJS B712 at Melbourne on Jan 20th 2023, flaps problem : Incident: Qantas B738 at Melbourne on Jan 20th 2023, engine problem : Incident: Vistara A21N at Singapore on Jan 18th 2023, engine problem : Beechcraft B200 King Air - Landed Short (Montana) : FAA outage: US airline regulators blame contractor for travel chaos : European Union Air Safety List: The airline 'blacklist' that reveals risky carriers : Boeing is ordered to appear in US court to be arraigned on felony charge over fatal 737 crashes : Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport had third-most number of guns found by TSA in 2022 : Mexico's Civil Aviation Industry Opposes Cabotage Plans : Russian Regulator Approves Aircraft Cannibalization Amid Sanctions : Boeing's fuel-efficient aircraft design wins $425 million award from NASA : Top pilots union lobbyist dies in plane crash : Airbus to win 235 single-aisle jet orders under Air India relaunch -sources : ISASI - Kapustin Memorial Scholarship : Royal Aeronautical Society: Human Factors Group: Engineer conference 2023 : POSITION AVAILABLE: AEROSPACE ENGINEER (STRUCTURES), GS-0861-13 : Position Available: Analyst/Senior Analyst, Line Operations Safety Audits Incident: NJS B712 at Melbourne on Jan 20th 2023, flaps problem A NJS National Jet Systems Boeing 717-200 on behalf of Qantas, registration VH-NXI performing flight QF-1516 from Melbourne,VI to Canberra,AC (Australia), was climbing out of Melbourne's runway 16 when the crew stopped the climb at 10,000 feet due to a problem with the flaps and returned to Melbourne for a safe landing on runway 16 at a normal speed about 30 minutes after departure. https://avherald.com/h?article=5040488f&opt=0 Incident: Qantas B738 at Melbourne on Jan 20th 2023, engine problem A Qantas Boeing 737-800, registration VH-VXP performing flight QF-430 from Melbourne,VI to Sydney,NS (Australia), was climbing out of Melbourne's runway 16 when the crew stopped the climb at about FL240 due to a problem with one of the engines (CFM56) and returned to Melbourne for a safe landing on runway 16 about 40 minutes after departure. The airline reported the aircraft returned to Melbourne as a precaution after the crew detected a minor engine problem. https://avherald.com/h?article=5040434d&opt=0 Incident: Vistara A21N at Singapore on Jan 18th 2023, engine problem A Vistara Airbus A321-200N, registration VT-TVA performing flight UK-106 from Singapore (Singapore) to Mumbai (India), was climbing out of Singapore's runway 02L when the crew stopped the climb at FL150 due to a problem with one of the engines (LEAP), descended to FL100 to burn off fuel and returned to Singapore for a safe landing on runway 02L about one hour after departure. The flight was cancelled. The aircraft is still on the ground in Singapore about 35 hours after landing. The airline reported the aircraft returned to Singapore as a precaution after the crew detected a snag in one of the engines. https://avherald.com/h?article=503fa198&opt=0 Beechcraft B200 King Air - Landed Short (Montana) Date: 18-JAN-2023 Time: c. 08:18 LT Type: Beechcraft B200 King Air Owner/operator: Edwards Jet Center Registration: N200EJ MSN: BB-1884 Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 Other fatalities: 0 Aircraft damage: Substantial Category: Accident Location: Poplar Municipal Airport (PO1), Poplar, MT - United States of America Phase: Landing Nature: Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi Departure airport: Billings-Logan International Airport, MT (BIL/KBIL) Destination airport: Poplar Municipal Airport, MT (PO1) Investigating agency: NTSB Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities Narrative: A Beechcraft B200 King Air, N200EJ, sustained substantial damage when it landed short of runway 09 at Poplar Municipal Airport (PO1), Poplar, Montana. The aircraft slid about 150' past the runway threshold. One pilot sustained minor injuries. The other pilot and the sole passenger were not injured. http://www.aviation-safety.net/wikibase/305967 FAA outage: US airline regulators blame contractor for travel chaos US air safety officials say that the glitch that led to travel chaos at airports last week was actually caused by a contractor deleting files on a crucial computer server used by pilots. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the worker "unintentionally deleted files" on the Notice to Air Missions (Notam) database. The system alerts pilots to potential hazards on flight routes. They are required to check it before flights. Lawmakers vowed to look into the issue. More than 11,000 flights were delayed and at least 1,300 were cancelled on 11 January after the Notam system went offline a day earlier. The technical issues marked the first time since the attacks on 11 September 2001 that flights across the US were grounded. The FAA said that their contract employee, who was not identified, deleted the files while working to synchronise the primary and backup Notam databases. "The agency has so far found no evidence of a cyber-attack or malicious intent," the regulator said in its statement on Thursday. The FAA added that they were continuing to investigate the error. The system has been fixed, and the FAA "has taken steps to make the Notam system more resilient," the statement said. The FAA had previously attributed the outage to a "damaged database file". Last week, a group of Washington DC lawmakers wrote to the FAA to say that the outage was "completely unacceptable" and demanding to know how it would be avoided in the future. FAA acting Administrator Billy Nolen plans to hold a virtual briefing for lawmakers on Friday to discuss their concerns. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64341873 European Union Air Safety List: The airline 'blacklist' that reveals risky carriers Sunday's Yeti Airlines crash in Nepal is the latest deadly aviation accident to beset the small nation, killing all 72 people onboard, including one Australian passenger. An investigation is still underway as to what caused the 15-year-old ATR 72-500 aircraft to crash suddenly, shortly before it was due to land in Kathmandu. Three days later, reports circulated that a Qantas Auckland-Sydney flight had issued a mayday call following mid-air engine trouble. The raised alarm saw flight QF144's twin-engine Boeing 737-838 become the most-tracked flight in the world on flightradar24.com, with 133,000 people tuning in for its landing. At one point, the engine issue had been downgraded to a PAN (possible assistance needed), and the aircraft touched down at Sydney Airport without incident, albeit with visible damage to one of its engines. As a precaution, Sydney Airport had emergency crews on stand-by. While a full picture in both cases is yet to emerge amid investigations, the very different outcomes for the two carriers – one, currently banned from operating in Europe due to safety concerns, and another, a world leader in air safety – reinforce the importance of airline red-flag lists. These lists can be used by anxious flyers to easily identify carriers with poor safety records before they spend big money on overseas flights. While commercial aircraft accidents are extremely rare today – in fact, it's one of the safest forms of travel – some airlines and countries have worse records than others. Qantas, recently voted the world's safest airline for 2022 by AirlineRatings.com, has never had a fatal jet airline accident. Conversely, the Nepali carrier at the centre of the Pokhara tragedy, Yeti Airlines, is one of 20 Nepal-based airlines on the European Union Air Safety List (ASL) – an internationally-recognised and frequently-updated list of air carriers from non-EU nations banned from operating to, in and from the EU due to not meeting necessary international safety standards. The list can be used as a reference guide for flyers, according to Chrystal Zhang, an aerospace engineering and aviation expert at RMIT University. "It's definitely one of the very reliable resources for anyone who wants to check the [carrier's] safety performance and capability of the government [to manage] safety performance," said Zhang. "It is one of the purposes they developed that list." The banned or partially banned airlines are determined based on information gathered by aviation safety experts from all the EU Member States and the Commission. This includes assessment of both the individual airline and its associated governing authorities. "They would determine whether the carriers have valid, appropriate safety management systems in place to satisfy the EU's requirements… Then they would check the capability of the government agency – in [the Yeti Airlines] case the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal – to establish to what extent they're capable of overseeing the overall management system of their aviation sector." said Zhang. The decision to include all 20 Nepali carriers on the ASL is a sign the EU has identified a lack of safety oversight by the local aviation authorities of Nepal. Professor Rico Merkert, an aviation expert at the University of Sydney, said: "It is important to note that this assessment is made against international safety standards and notably the standards promulgated by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) – not the EU safety standards, which are sometimes more stringent." It's no coincidence developing countries feature disproportionately in the blacklist; there's less overall capability to invest in facilities, infrastructure, pilots, training, and develop and implement safety management systems and regulation policies. "Perhaps the more economically developed – the more advanced – the safer your country is," noted Zhang. As of November 2022, 118 air carriers are banned from EU skies, with most of the blacklisted airlines hailing from developing countries in Africa and parts of Asia. Can carriers on the list redeem themselves? In short, yes. In the 41 iterations of the EU blacklist, a number of carriers have later been removed, typically following significant improvements to its governing aviation body's safety regulations. In 2009, nearly two years after a Garuda Indonesia flight overshot the runway in Yogyakarta airport, exploding and killing 21 (among them five Australians), the European Commission announced four Indonesian airlines – Garuda, Airfast, Mandala Airlines and Prime Air – had been removed from the list. The decision followed an overhaul to the nation's safety standards. In 2016, Lion Air fell off the list, and in June of 2018, the European Commission cleared all remaining Indonesian air carriers. While Australia doesn't have an equivalent ban list in place, the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) regulates who gets an Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) to operate safely in Australia. "This means any Australian airline will be safe," said Merkert. "Foreign carriers are not permitted to fly into Australian airspace until they receive a Foreign Aircraft Air Operator's Certificate (CASA). As such, I feel in safe hands." While the EU Air Safety List can be a first port of call for travellers looking to make a safe airline choice, another useful and consumer-friendly tool for flyers to consider is the Airline Ratings. The website rates carriers based on a blend of criteria including appearance on the EU blacklist, fatal incidents in the past five years, and performance in major aviation audits including IOSA, ICAO and EU and FAA. https://www.traveller.com.au/european-union-air-safety-list-the-airline-blacklist-that-reveals-risky-carriers-h299nr Boeing is ordered to appear in US court to be arraigned on felony charge over fatal 737 crashes • US District Judge Reed O'Connor ordered Boeing to appear in court on January 26 to be arraigned on a 2021 felony charge • Boeing had previously won immunity from criminal prosecution • But O'Connor ruled in October that the victims of two Boeing 737 MAX crashes are legally considered 'crime victims' Executives from Boeing, one of the world's largest plane manufacturers, will have to appear in court next week over two fatal crashes. U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor on Thursday ordered the company to appear in court on January 26 to be arraigned on a 2021 felony charge, after families of those killed in the crashes objected to a plea deal. Boeing had won immunity from criminal prosecution as part its $2.5billion Justice Department deferred prosecution agreement. But O'Connor, of Texas, ruled in October that people killed in the two Boeing 737 MAX crashes are legally considered 'crime victims,' and family members had urged him to require Boeing to be legally arraigned on the felony charge https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11655165/Boeing-ordered-appear-court-arraigned-felony-charge-fatal-737-crashes.html Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport had third-most number of guns found by TSA in 2022 In all, Texas airports made up 20% of all guns found last year, and nearly 90% of them were loaded. Transportation Security Administration agents found a large amount of firearms at Texas airports in 2022. Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport and Hobby Airport reported 298 and 125 firearms detected in carry-ons, respectively. Bush had the third-most finds in airports across the U.S. last year. Both numbers were up from 2021, when 245 were found at IAH and 80 were found at Hobby. Another Texas airport made the No. 2 spot on the list: Dallas Fort Worth International Airport found 385. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport topped the list with 448 firearm finds, the most ever recorded at any airport since the inception of TSA. In all, Texas made up 20% of all guns found last year, and nearly 90% of them were loaded. Nationally, 6,542 firearms were found in carry-ons in 2022, which was the most in more than a decade. All discovered firearms are turned over to local airport law enforcement agencies, and determine what happens with the firearm and traveler based on factors including whether or not the firearm was loaded, or if there was accessible ammunition. Even if a traveler has a concealed weapons permit, firearms are not permitted in carry-on luggage. The TSA Top 10 for 2022: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport: 448 Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport: 385 George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston: 298 Nashville International Airport: 213 Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix: 196 Orlando International Airport: 162 Denver International Airport: 156 Austin-Bergstrom International Airport: 150 Fort Lauderdale Airport 134 Tampa International Airport: 131 https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/2023/01/19/441740/houston-bush-intercontinental-had-third-most-number-of-guns-found-by-tsa-in-2022/ Mexico's Civil Aviation Industry Opposes Cabotage Plans The Mexican president filed a law reform last year looking to authorize foreign airlines operating domestic flights in the country. The Mexican aviation industry has launched a full campaign against the law reform that would authorize cabotage flights, allowing foreign airlines to operate domestic services in the country. Four unions –including the pilots and cabin crew syndicates–, three colleges, and several organizations have raised their voices saying that cabotage would put the future of the industry, their professional development, and sources of employment at risk. Against cabotage Last year, Mexico’s president Andrés Manuel López Obrador filed a law reform allowing foreign airlines access to the domestic market. This reform would authorize the eighth and ninth freedoms of the air (per the International Civil Aviation Organization, or ICAO’s, definition), which are ‘consecutive’ and ‘stand-alone’ cabotages. Humberto Gual Ángeles, secretary general of the Mexican Aviator Pilots Union Association (ASPA), said that the Mexican government is looking to have cabotage for two main reasons. “First, to make the ticket more accessible to the public and second, to connect or increase the activities of the Felipe Angeles International Airport with certain underserved regions.” Nonetheless, allowing cabotage flights would not help either of these goals and would only harm the Mexican aviation industry, endangering thousands of jobs and the future of local carriers. Why wouldn’t cabotage work? Mr. Gual Ángeles said that cabotage flights would not make travel more accessible. Fares will only go down when there is a promoting framework. Mexico’s taxes are pretty high, particularly the airport use tax. The idea that allowing cabotage flights would increase the activities at the Felipe Ángeles International Airport is also misleading, Gual Ángeles said. If the government wants to improve the growth of this airport, inaugurated in March last year, it needs to recover the Category 1 grade from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). By doing so, airlines would be able to launch flights from this airport to the United States, Mexico’s largest commercial partner. Captain Carlos Muciño said the Mexican aviation industry “firmly opposes the misguided initiative to legalize cabotage, which is an unjust handing over of our air territory to foreign interests, causing a lethal affectation to Mexican companies.” How do cabotage works? Cabotage is divided into two: consecutive and stand-alone. Neither is common globally, with only a few countries allowing it, including the European Union and Chile. Consecutive cabotage allows a foreign airline to operate domestic flights in a different country as long as the final destination is the home base of said airline. Theoretically, an example could be American Airlines operating a flight between Mexico City International Airport and Monterrey International on its way to Dallas Fort Worth (DFW). Stand-alone cabotage, on the other hand, allows a foreign airline to operate a domestic flight exclusively within the territory of a third country. For example, an American Airlines Mexico City-Monterrey flight. So far, only Avianca has signaled interest in operating domestic flights in Mexico. The idea of the Mexican government is, “With the cabotage that will be authorized to foreign airlines, regional routes will be expanded, they will have more facilities for connecting flights, and air services will be of better quality and efficiency at the lowest cost.” https://simpleflying.com/mexico-civil-aviation-authority-opposes-cabotage-plans/ Russian Regulator Approves Aircraft Cannibalization Amid Sanctions Russian authorities have again adjusted the domestic continuing airworthiness procedures to help operators cope with sanctions. The Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) have formally given approval to aircraft cannibalization, meaning that parts from grounded airframes can be re-installed on in-service aircraft. The legislative amendments were approved Dec. 26, 2022, although the provisions related directly to cannibalization remain classified. Citing sources from Russian airlines, Moscow-based newspaper Izvestia reported that the part taken from a grounded aircraft should be tested in order to receive airworthiness approval tags, and then tested again after being installed on a different aircraft. Rosaviatsia is now allowing the installation of non-original spare parts on Russian-operated foreign-made commercial aircraft, without seeking approval from the type-certificate holders. The new provisions mark another step in the re-organization of the country’s continued airworthiness standards, moving it further away from Western norms. For decades, Western-made commercial aircraft operated in Russia have been registered in foreign jurisdictions, mostly Bermuda and Ireland. The airworthiness maintenance of the aircraft was regulated by the authorities in those countries. The situation changed in March 2022 when Western countries banned aircraft deliveries and services to Russia after its invasion of Ukraine which began Feb. 24. In response, the Kremlin transferred about 600 Western-made aircraft to the local registry, entrusting Rosaviatsia to take care of their continued airworthiness. The agency automatically extended the airworthiness certificates of these aircraft until the end of 2022. It also expanded the list of Russian MRO providers which could maintain and repair Western-made jets to replace suspended EASA and Bermuda Part 145 certificates. Russian carriers appear to have found alternative ways to obtain aircraft spare parts, while Rosaviatsia allowed the installing of parts approved by two dozen foreign authorities, including FAA and EASA, as well as Aruba, Brazil, Bermuda, Canada, China, Egypt, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Jordan, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, the UAE, the UK and Uzbekistan. From September to December 2022, Rosaviatsia inspected 90% of the Russian-operated aircraft that were previously registered abroad to prolong their airworthiness certificates for another term. https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/maintenance-training/russian-regulator-approves-aircraft-cannibalization-amid Boeing's fuel-efficient aircraft design wins $425 million award from NASA Boeing's more fuel-efficient airline design won an award from NASA on Wednesday, as the agency plans to invest $425 million in the project. Photo from NASA Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Boeing's sustainable flight demonstrator project won an award Wednesday from NASA, as the company aims to roll out green single-aisle airliners by the end of the decade. The space agency will invest $425 million to help Boeing build a more fuel-efficient airline. Boeing and its partners will contribute $725 million in funding, with plans to begin testing the new aircraft by the late 2020's. "Since the beginning, NASA has been with you when you fly. NASA has dared to go farther, faster, higher. And in doing so, NASA has made aviation more sustainable and dependable. It is in our DNA," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. "It's our goal that NASA's partnership with Boeing to produce and test a full-scale demonstrator will help lead to future commercial airliners that are more fuel efficient, with benefits to the environment, the commercial aviation industry, and to passengers worldwide. If we are successful, we may see these technologies in planes that the public takes to the skies in the 2030s." According to NASA, single-aisle aircraft account for nearly half of worldwide aviation emissions. The new Boeing aircraft is more fuel-efficient because of its extra-long thin wings, which create less drag. The new Boeing aircrafts could go into use by the 2030s. The United States is currently aiming to achieve net-zero carbon aviation emissions by 2050. The International Civil Aviation Organization also has the same goal. "NASA is working toward an ambitious goal of developing game-changing technologies to reduce aviation energy use and emissions over the coming decades toward an aviation community goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050," said Bob Pearce, NASA associate administrator for the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate. https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2023/01/18/NASA-Boeing-flight-fuel-efficient-emissions/7541674072443/ Top pilots union lobbyist dies in plane crash Johnathan Benton, the Allied Pilots Association’s longtime top advocate in the nation’s capital, died in a plane crash on Monday, according to the pilots union. He was 53 years old. Benton was one of two people onboard a Piper PA-32 aircraft that crashed shortly after taking off from a regional airport in Bethany, Okla. The other victim was identified by authorities as John Hazelton. “If you ever had the privilege of spending time with Johnathan, you were immediately struck by his sunny disposition, wry smile, and genuine warmth. He would never miss an opportunity to talk about his family or ask about yours. We will miss his laughter and his Oklahoma twang, and his steadfast commitment to bettering his fellow pilots’ lives,” the Allied Pilots Association wrote in a release. Benton was chairman of government affairs at the Allied Pilots Association, which represents American Airlines pilots, where he pushed for stronger federal safety rules and an end to flags of convenience. He was named to The Hill’s “Top Lobbyists” list for three consecutive years from 2020 to 2022. “Johnathan was a force to be reckoned with on Capitol Hill and beyond. He was equally comfortable in the halls of Congress debating the issues that affect our profession as he was sitting with a group of pilots swapping stories and sharing a few laughs,” the Allied Pilots Association wrote. Benton joined American Airlines as a pilot in 2000. Prior to that, he was an Air Force pilot who spent more than 750 days deployed in Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the accident, according to the pilots union. https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/3819500-top-pilots-union-lobbyist-dies-in-plane-crash/ Airbus to win 235 single-aisle jet orders under Air India relaunch -sources DELHI/PARIS, Jan 20 (Reuters) - European planemaker Airbus is set to win an order for 235 single-aisle planes as part of a historic purchase of some 495 jets due to be announced by Air India on Jan. 27, industry sources told Reuters. The deal, roughly split with rival Boeing, is set to cover a total of 425 single-aisle jets including 235 Airbus A320neo-family planes as well as 190 Boeing 737 MAX airliners reported by Reuters last month, the sources said, asking not to be named. The order is also expected to include up to 70 widebody long-haul aircraft including up to 40 Airbus A350s as well as some 20 Boeing 787s and 10 Boeing 777X, the sources said. Airbus declined to comment. Air India and Boeing did not respond to requests for comment. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/airbus-win-235-single-aisle-133338119.html ISASI - Kapustin Memorial Scholarship The Kapustin Memorial Scholarship for 2023 is now open! Royal Aeronautical Society: Human Factors Group: Engineer conference 2023 Better by Design: Designing Out Maintenance Error 9 February 2023 at 4 Hamilton Place, London, W1J 7BQ and online 0900 - 1730 GMT Are you or your Company, or Organisation involved in designing aircraft and their systems, or in maintaining aircraft that you think could be designed in a way that would make maintenance more efficient and less prone to mistakes? Do you educate or train people who go on to design aircraft or their systems? Have you an involvement in setting standards or regulating design organisations? When things do go wrong, are you involved in trying to understand why? Then this is the conference for you. RAeS Human Factors Specialist Group Conference: Better by Design - Designing Out Maintenance Error (aerosociety.com) POSITION AVAILABLE: AEROSPACE ENGINEER (STRUCTURES), GS-0861-13 https://www.usajobs.gov/job/698671900 https://www.usajobs.gov/job/698679400 Summary This position is located in the Office of Aviation Safety, Aviation Engineering Division in Washington, DC. Participates and directs engineering aspects of general aviation and air carrier accidents involving safety issues associated with aircraft structures and their interface with control systems. Duties OAS investigates all U.S. civil aviation accidents, including those involving unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), public aircraft, and commercial space launches, and other significant aviation incidents, proposes the probable causes of these events, and develops recommendations to minimize recurrence. The ideal candidate for this position will have previous, hands on, experience conducting engineering investigations of aircraft structural component failures; has experience with a variety (many) of different aircraft structural designs; and is comfortable working with and/or leading groups of diverse industry and government representatives. As an Aerospace Engineer (Structures), GS-0861-13, you will perform the following major duties: · · Participates and directs technical analyses of general aviation and air carrier accident and incidents in the specialty area of aircraft structures. Serves as Group Chairman for limited scope investigations, documenting and analyzing airworthiness issues potentially involved in accidents and develops accident prevention strategies. · Coordinates efforts with other Group Chairman, the IIC, and the Team Lead to assure thoroughness of all investigations and that necessary documentation is accomplished as a result of the investigative activity. · · Prepares factual and analytical reports covering specialty area on each accident. · · Assists the IIC and report writers in the preparation of the Safety Board's accident report with particular emphasis on the accuracy of factual information and the logic of analyses of the evidence from the investigation. · · Researches and develops appropriate safety recommendations to correct hazardous or unsafe conditions using information obtained in the course of investigations, personal observations, and knowledge of current aviation engineering trends and developments. · · Work Environment: The incumbent supports major go-team launches as well as significant international investigations. Major go-team launch teams commonly travel on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) jet from Reagan National Airport within two hours after an accident notification is received. Timely arrival at the scene of a major accident allows for timely documentation of a wreckage; a delay in this effort can have significant impacts, such as impeding the re-opening of an airport. International travel by US Government employees frequently requires the issuance of a visa from the host country, which is most efficiently obtained at the embassies located in Washington, DC. Additionally, security concerns in many locations make it essential that the investigative team travel together. · · Physical Demands: Occasionally the aircraft wreckage may contain hazardous materials that may be burning by the time the investigator arrives on-the-scene; therefore, the incumbent may be exposed to a variety of weather conditions and other environmental discomforts such as remote, rugged, snow, rain, temperature extremes, swampy or mountainous areas and hostile settings and may have to wear a hardhat, safety shoes, goggles, gloves, and other protective equipment. Analyst/Senior Analyst, Line Operations Safety Audits Date: Dec 29, 2022 Location: DFW Headquarters Building 8 (DFW-SV08) Additional Locations: None Requisition ID: 64611 Intro Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board! Why you'll love this job · The Analyst/Sr Analyst, Line Operations Safety Audits (LOSA) reports to the Manager, Line Operations Safety Audits (LOSA) · You’ll be involved in leading initiatives and supporting day-to-day operations for American Airlines’ LOSA Program. What you'll do As noted above, this list is intended to reflect the current job but there may be additional essential functions (and certainly non-essential job functions) that are not referenced. Management will modify the job or require other tasks be performed whenever it is deemed appropriate to do so, observing, of course, any legal obligations including any collective bargaining obligations. · Supports the American Airlines Safety Management System (SMS) in hazard identification and risk mitigation. · Collects observation data, conducts analysis, and creates presentations. · Supports the data analytics and reporting requirements for Safety & Efficiency Programs, Flight Operations, Flight Service, Dispatch, and other AA stakeholders. · Attends, facilitates, and presents analysis and recommendations to leadership at monthly SMS meetings. · Supports the LOSA Manager in selection, training, and monthly scheduling of LOSA Observers. · Coordinates with and ensures proper accommodation of LOSA observes. · Maintains collected LOSA data within confidential data archive. · Maintains secure access to data (Safety Data SharePoint site and Tableau). · Establishes and coordinates data-derived targets for safety enhancements. · All you'll need for success Minimum Requirements – Education & Prior Job Experience · Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience · 3 years of relevant experience or a master’s degree in a related field Preferred Requirements - Education & Prior Job Experience · Degree or specialization in Aviation or Human Factors · Experience with Line Operations Safety Audits (LOSA), Aviation Safety Action Programs (ASAP), Flight Operational Quality Assurance (FOQA), and/or Air Safety Investigations Skills, Licenses & Certifications · Understanding of Threat & Error Management concept and how it is applied within a safety organization. · Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to influence and effectively communicate with all levels of employees across the organization. · Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including professional presentation skills. · The ability to effectively interact with employees at all levels within the organization, as well as external agencies to include the FAA and labor associations. · Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to prepare reports based on data analysis. · Proficiency in MS Office suite. Previous experience with Tableau preferred. · Preferred FAA Certificate of Demonstrated Proficiency and/or operational airline experience · What you'll get Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer: · Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network. · Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more. · Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need. · 401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year. · Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more · Feel free to be yourself at American From the team members we hire to the customers we serve, inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Employee Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world. Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life’s journey? Feel free to be yourself at American. Additional Locations: None Requisition ID: 64611 Nearest Major Market: Dallas Nearest Secondary Market: Fort Worth Job Segment: Quality Assurance, Operations Manager, Developer, Sharepoint, Technology, Aviation, Operations APPLY NOW Curt Lewis