Issue 3

Program Update April 2012

Inside this issue:

ARM3 and TAC7 2

The 2012 Calendar—Upcoming Events

2

Auditor Accreditation Course, Melbourne

2

The Current List of Aircraft Operators who have undergone BARS Audit

3

Current BARS Statistics 4

Where can you learn more about BARS?

4

BARS Member Organizations

4

About the BAR Standard

4

BARS Managing Director Update

The first quarter of this year has certainly been a busy period for the BARS Program. Whilst a number of new audits have been conducted, we have also seen a number of recurrent audits undertaken. We have released version 4 of the BAR Standard that incorporates provisions for Aero-medical operations, principally in support of the resource sector, and for the use of night vision goggles. To coincide with the release of the new Standard, a new checklist has also been uploaded. The new Standard can be found on the Foundation’s website at www.flightsafety.orgbbarsbbar-standard.

During March and April we were able to deliver presentations on the BAR Standard Program and Aviation Coordinator training at a number of conferences. These included the inaugural Aeromed Africa conference held in Cape Town and the CHC Safety and Quality Summit held in Vancouver.

I attended the FSF annual Corporate Aviation Safety Seminar (CASS) in San Antonio, Texas, which is a forum that examines safety matters of interest within business aviation. At this Seminar I was able to address some queries from

operators within this sector who also provide services to the mining industry.

Finally, I visited Yellowknife in the far north of Canada and met with some of the operators there who have undergone a BARS audit. It was particularly enlightening to understand some of the challenges that they face in such a remote and cold climate. My thanks to those operators for their hospitality at short notice. I will provide some further insight into remote operations from this location in the next edition.

Following on from these visits we anticipate running some AVCO courses in both Vancouver and Yellowknife in coming months. If anyone is interested in attending, please contact us here at BARS@flightsafety.org

Greg Marshall Managing Director

BARS Program

http://www.icao.int/Meetings/BaliRRSS The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), in partnership with the DGCA Indonesia, the Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) and the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA), invites its Member States, participants, sponsors and exhibitors to the Asian Pacific Runway Safety Seminar in Bali. The conference will feature a session for small operators on introducing Safety Management Systems to their operation. The session is designed to be practical and will provide some tools on risk management that operators can take with them for ready application. Be part of an important regional event that will bring together experts from diverse professional domains to promote a multidisciplinary approach to improving runway safety outcomes in Asia-Pacific.

‘There are two critical points in

every aerial flight-its beginning and

its end’

- Alexander Graham Bell, 1906.

Greg Marshall presenting at Aeromed Africa Conference.

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The third Audit Review Meeting (ARM3) was held in Brisbane, Australia in conjunction with the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC7) meeting over the period 19-20 March 2012.

ARM3 was well attended by the accredited Audit Companies and created an opportunity to discuss many of the current and future aspects of the Program. The action items resulting from the pre-vious ARM2 were reviewed and further items added for the BPO to work on. With the Program now in a mature stage and seeing the first tranche of AOs currently undergoing their first renewal Audit there was some valuable data on the performance of the Program to review. This review covered the status of non-conformity close out, submission and release of reports and the spread of the Audits throughout the year.

The Audit Quality Assurance program has now gathered valuable data to recognize areas for improvement covering audit checklist design, AC operating procedures and Auditor training.

The BARS Auditor Recurrent Training has been released which was discussed at the ARM3 and TAC. The Recurrent Training is a computer based

training (CBT) package embedded in BARSoft that provides both training and testing of the candi-date auditor. The CBT will be used for future Audi-tor training courses in the conduct of the final exam.

With the release of BARSoft Version 2 in February, the ARM3 was a good opportunity to review the new features and discuss even further enhancements in the pipeline for BARSoft.

The ARM3 utilised pre-read material for all the attendees to assist with a thorough and flowing meeting. This same pre-read was provided to the TAC for review and ratification on important changes to the program. This process will be used for further meetings.

The next ARM4 is scheduled to be held in conjunc-

tion with the FSF 65th IASS and TAC8 in Santiago

Chile in October 2012.

ARM3 AND TAC7

The 2012 Calendar:

AVCO Courses:

May 3 & 4 2012—Perth, Australia

June 2012—Brisbane, Australia

July 2012—Cairns, Australia

October 2012—Dubai, United Arab Emirates

TBA 2012—Adelaide, Australia

TBA 2012— Vancouver,

Canada

TBA 2012—Yellowknife,

Canada

For those wishing to enquire about all courses, please visit our website:

http://flightsafety.org/bars

Or email

BARS@flightsafety.org

+61 1300 557 162 phone

+61 1300 557 182 fax Follow us on twitter @fsfBARS

The first BARS Auditor Accreditation course for 2012 was held in the Melbourne BARS office boardroom over 21 and 22 February 2012. The course was attended by ten candidates, one from South Africa and nine from Australia. George Snyder and Graham Rochat presented the course in our own office facilities and the attendees were therefore able to have the added benefit of meeting the rest of the staff and interact with them during the two days onsite.

Once again, as with previous courses, course class participation was very lively with professional interaction throughout.

Due to the feedback received from this and previous courses consideration is being given to increasing the duration of the course from two days to three days in order to allow for more course material to be discussed and also to allow sufficient time to be made available for the online demonstration of the software system, BARSoft.

The high experience and standards demonstrated throughout by the attendees again resulted in all attendees passing the course with flying colours.

Further courses will be made available as the

demand for BARS auditors increase and the venue

will be determined by the auditors that apply to

undergo training.

To find out when and where the next BARS Auditor

Accreditation Course is check out the website

www.flightsafety.orgbbars

To express your interest in doing a course please

email BARS@flightsafety.org

Auditor Accreditation Course, Melbourne

Star Ratings In future months, we will be introducing a new star system for Aircraft Opera-tors to identify their level of accreditation. This will be from 1 through to 5 stars. For example, an operator who currently achieves a green report status will likely achieve a 3 star rating. Once this is further refined, notification will be sent out to all aircraft operators providing policy details of the new accreditation

system.

‘The Audit Quality

Assurance program has

now gathered valuable data to recognise areas

for improvement’

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List of Aircraft Operators who have Undergone a BARS audit

Air Operator

AUSTRALIA

Advance Aviation Group Ltd

Air Pioneer

Airnorth

Alliance Airlines

Bristow Helicopters Australia

Direct Air Charter

Central QLD Aviation Pty Ltd

CHC Helicopters (Australia)

Corporate Air

Execujet Australasia

Executive Airlines

Fugro Spatial Solutions

Heli-Charters Australia

Helicorp Pty Ltd

Heliwest Group

Karratha Flying Services

Cobham Aviation Services

Network Aviation Australia

Pel-Air Aviation Pty Ltd

Polar Aviation

Skippers Aviation Pty Ltd

Skywest Airlines (Australia) Pty Ltd

Southern Cross Jets

QantasLink

Vincent Aviation (Australia) Pty Ltd

Virgin Australia Airlines

Whitsunday Helicopter Group Pty Ltd

PACIFIC

Airlines PNG

Air Niugini Limited

Heli Niugini Limited

Helicocean

Helifix Operations Ltd

Hevilift Limited

Island Hoppers

Pacific Helicopters Limited

UNITED STATES

Cutter Flight Management Inc

NetJets Aviation Inc

ASIA

Awan Inspirasi Sdn Bhd

Aircraft Sales and Services Ltd (ASSL)

Air Operator

AFRICA

Allegiance Air Pty Ltd

Anglo Operations Limited

Afrijet Business Service

CemAir

ExecuJet

Everett Aviation Charter Limited

International Aircraft Services Ltd

Medair Charter Pty Ltd

National Airways Corporation Pty Ltd

Proflight Commuter Services

SKA South Africa Aircraft Leasing Pty Ltd

Sahel Aviation Service

Solenta Aviation

Springbok Classic Air Pty Ltd

Starlite Aviation Operations Pty Ltd

Swift Flite Pty Ltd

CANADA

Air Tindi Ltd

Arctic Sunwest Charters

First Air

Great Slave Helicopters Ltd

North-Wright Airways Ltd

Northwestern Air Lease Ltd

SOUTH AMERICA/ CARIBBEAN

Aerocardal Limitada

Aerovias Vecchiola

DAP Helicopteros S.A / Aerorescate

EcoCopter S.A.

Ecocopter Peru S.A.

Helicopters.cISpA

Inaer Helicopter Chile S.A.

Lider Taxi Aereo S/A Brasil

National Helicopter Services Ltd

Searca S.A.

Servicios Aéreos De Los Andes SAC

INDONESIA

National Utility Helicopters

Nyaman Air

Travira Air

EUROPE

Bond Offshore Helicopters

Heli Union S.A.

OMNI Aviação e Tecnologia

Zimex Aviation Ltd

Flight Safety Foundation Ltd

GPO Box 3026

Level 6, 278 Collins Street

Melbourne VIC 3001, Australia

+61 1300 557 162

+61 1300 557 182 fax

BARS@flightsafety.org

http://flightsafety.org

Or follow us on twitter @fsfBARS

About the BAR Standard

Many resource sector companies rely on chartered aircraft operators for a number of support activities including, most importantly, the movement of company personnel. The aircraft supporting these activities range from

small single-engine helicopters to transport category jet aircraft, utilized in a variety of challenging environments.

The BAR Standard was developed from an industry-identified need to establish a common safety audit standard that could be applied to resource sector aviation support activities. It provides contracting companies with the level of safety assurance required by their respective organizations. The Standard was developed from a risk-based model framed against the actual threats posed to aviation operations. It directly links these to associated controls and recovery and mitigation measures, as opposed to the outdated prescriptive format previously used within the industry.

The Standard provides a consistent audit model that allows member resource companies to share in the audits of operators all of whom have been subject to a consistent standard of audit.

BARS Member Organizations

There are 17 BARS Member Organizations that include the following:

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Current BARS Statistics AVCO

AVCO courses conducted: 12 in 9 countries

AVCO course participants: >120

BARS

Audits conducted: 85 across 30 countries

Audits scheduled: 12

Audits not yet scheduled: 34

Findings to date: 3600+ Findings closed: 1456 Accredited Auditors: 81

Auditor Accreditation courses conducted: 11 in 4 countries

BARS accredited Audit Companies: 7

BARS Member Organizations: 17

Where can you learn more about BARS? Aviation Logistics & the Resource Sector (ALRS)

Date: 28–29 June 2012 Venue: Novotel Langley, Perth

http://www.iir.com.au/conferences/mining-resources/oil-gas/aviation-logistics-the-resources-sector

IIR's 2nd Annual Aviation Logistics and the Resource Sector (ALRS) summit is a unique event within both the aviation and resources sectors and will bring together the major players from both industries to discuss the emerging issues within a single forum. The Flight Safety Foundation is proud to endorse the conference and if you register now, and are a FSF member, you can receive a 15% discount PLUS the early bird registration rate, check out the website link above as well as the FSF website for more information.