Civil aviation safety evaluation based on the principle of international civic aviation organization (ICAO)

Abstract

This article analyzes the document and literature relating to civil aviation safety in Indonesia. The commercial airlines has rapidly growth since the government stipulated the open air policy in 2000s. However, the fatal rate accident of aviation simultanously had recently and it made Indonesian airlines were banned by the European Union in 2007. Safety performance of Indonesian civil aviation has been concerned since then. Using international regime approach to assess the country's aviation performance based on the principle of International Civic Aviation Organization (ICAO), this study reveals that although generally the aviation management had already met the standard requirements, there are still several aspects that should be considered as drawbacks that might implicated the fatally accident in the future. This article found the parallel result of reexamination of aviation accident caused by human factor is related to the profile of accident rate toward the safety compliance indicator using International regime of ICAO. The article finally provides some recommendations: increasing safety compliance index and surveillance on the safety obligation, and an aviation policy restoration that includes safety and security components into a synergetic regulation package to achieve a proper safetytiness of Indonesian civic aviation.