About completion of the Flight Data Analysis (FDA) Workshop

Flight Data Analysis (FDA) Workshop within the framework of the ICAO-IAC Regional Project COSCAP-CIS was held at the IAC headquarters on April 12-13, 2016. The Workshop was organized with Airbus, ICAO and IAC support. About 100 aviation experts from 12 countries and 3 International Organizations attended the Workshop.

During the first day of the Workshop the following subjects were discussed:

-          Aspects of safety oversight in the implementation of ICAO requirements for FDA Program inplementation and maintenance;

-          Activity of the ICAO Flight Data Working Group;

-          Flight Data Analysis in the broad context of FO SMS;

-          FDA development experience & best practices, Air Astana Airlines (Republic of Kazakhstan);

-          The key role of the Flight Safety Officer;

-          Experience in flight data analysis within the SMS implementation of the leading Russian airlines.

On the second day of the meeting the study of flight data evaluation procedure; the case of crew interview and occurrence analysis for the potential risks detection was demonstrated.

In the conclusion of the seminar participants highly appreciated the seminar work and emphasized the need to more actively develop the cooperation of aviation authorities, airlines and aviation manufacturers.

         Aviation specialists suggested to meet for discussion of FDA issues on regular basis. IAC also expressed readiness to become the platform for the development of experts further cooperation in this area.