Abstract
<p>The following paper focuses on the operational safety issues in the aircraft ground handling process. Ground handling is a critical phase in terms of operational safety, however, severe injuries or even fatal accidents are rare. According to the available data, during a handling process a quite large number of incidents have as an outcome a damaged aircraft, which slows down the following processes and fluency of the relevant procedures. The financial costs in case of even the slightest damage are significantly high.</p><p>In order to implement different approach to safety management of ground handling companies, firstly a process analysis was performed using the Systems-Theoretic Accident Model and Process (STAMP) model. The STAMP model offers a different approach to operational safety as opposed to a traditional approach. STAMP approaches failure as a control error. The individual processes are designed for possible future STPA analysis. The processes were modelled according to the publicly available sources, and further improved with the expertise and experience from a real operation. A list of potential deviations is added to the processes or individual activities. Coordination processes between the ground handling company and the airport were also discussed. An operational measure designed to increase operational safety is proposed for selected cases.</p>
Highlights
This article describes the issues of safety in the process of ground handling operation
The aim of this paper is to show how the current approach to operational safety could be positively influenced
The airport should have at least a basic awareness of the processes taking place on this infrastructure. Such approach enables a creation of the general overview of the processes performed by the external organizations and provides strong foundations for their monitoring and management done by the airport
Summary
This article describes the issues of safety in the process of ground handling operation. The airport should have at least a basic awareness of the processes taking place on this infrastructure Such approach enables a creation of the general overview of the processes performed by the external organizations and provides strong foundations for their monitoring and management done by the airport. The reason for this lays in a fact that airport is responsible for the operational safety within its premises, so it is interested in effective management and influencing of the safety related. STAMP enables easy description of the system’s control structure and supports the idea of the establishment of the functioning control mechanism It is created in a way, which enables monitoring and implementation of the safety measures on the spot that show irregularities. The paper discuss implementation of the possible safety measures based on a previously set deviation lists
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