WORKING TOGETHER TO ENHANCE
AIRPORT OPERATIONAL SAFETY
Danny Boutin
Senior Manager APEX Programmes
APEX in Safety Forum September 24th 2016
APEX key Achievements in 2016
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Reached 50th review milestone
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Grew our pool to more than 160 Safety
Assessors
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More than 70 Safety Partners
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Partnership with EASA for conducting 14
reviews over the next 12 months in Africa
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Partnership with ICAO for the next 4 years
to deliver 27 reviews in Africa
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Partnership with World Bank and FAA for
contribution in delivering missions
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Developing partnership with Canadian
Airport Council for recurrent safety review
programme
Safety Assessor Training Programme (SATP)
An initiative that will be carried out through
capacity building, leading to the creation and/or
enhancement of expertise in airport safety and
regulatory compliance, mentorship and network
growth, the enhancement of airport safety levels
and promotion of airport excellence.
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Develop selected staff from ACI member airports to
participate as qualified assessors in APEX reviews
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Increase safety expertise levels throughout the ACI
regions
DUB & ORK
YTZ
SEA
SFO
SAN
YYZ
(CLUJ, OTP & BBU)
ATH
TUN ESB
SAT
AMM
MED
ANU
SAP
PTY & BLB
UIO
CAI
KRT
NDJ
DKR
OUA COO
EBB
ABV & LOS
ABJ
LFW (Pilot)
POG
BZV
LUN
NKC
AUA UVF
CUR
BKO
NIM
MPM
BAH
DOH
AUH
PEK
GAU
CCU
AMD
MAA
HAK
RGN
BPN
DPS
CGK
MRU
Regional Portrait
Africa: poor infrastructure, lack of funds and
knowledgeable resources
LAC: lack of knowledgeable resources
and infrastructures needs improvement
NA: Safety Management Systems
APAC: lack of funding in infrastructures and lack
of knowledgeable resources
Europe: EASA certification and enhancement of
operational safety procedures in smaller airports
Moving forward
Africa
• EASA and ICAO initiatives to cover most of
Central and West Africa over the next 4 years
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SATP to increase pool of assessors and reduce
costs for Host Airports
APAC
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Working with ICAO to identify States and
airports in need oif assistance
Partner with International Funding
Organization
Identify “Big Brother” airports for DNA
members
Phase II of SATP
LAC
• Strategic partnership with International
Organization for funding
• Contributing to various ICAO initiatives in the
region
NA
• Launch of Canadian Airport SMS Assessment
Programme
• US airports’ need to implement SMS in the
coming years
EUROPE
• APEX is a good tool for smaller airports and
EASA certification
• Get higher participation rate from European
Airports to join as APEX Partners
Common findings
Observations regarding Local Runway Safety Team (LRST)
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Many difficulties noted in many regions, however
challenges differs
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Lack of implementation of LRST
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Kept at High level discussions
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Misconception on the level of participation and topics
that should be treated
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Regulator’s level of involvement may complicate
discussions
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Ownership or leadership of the committee may be
questionable
Narrowing it down
• Lack of Safety Management Systems (SMS)
implementation
• Lack of data
• No Hazard Risk Management processes
• Lack of involvement of operational competent parties
• A need for a consolidation of various committees
• No clear Safety Objectives
• No Airport Hazard Registry
APEX Contribution
• Safety and the new APEX Task Force
• Share findings and trends monitoring
• Identify areas in need of regulation
improvements
• Global Training
• SATP, Phase I and Phase II
• Tailoring of post APEX training
• Awarding training to Host Airports through
DNA Fund
• ICAO
• Participation in the ICAO Runway Safety
Programme
• Certification workshops in LAC Region
• Providing data to the ICAO
• Providing data to the Airport Safety
briefings database
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THANK YOU!