Joint ACACACI Seminar

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Joint ACAC/ACI Seminar on Certification of
Aerodromes Marrakech, 56 September 2003 David
Gamper, Director, Technical/Safety Airports
Council International

• Perspective of Airport Operators
• General principles
• Airport policies
• Safety Management Systems

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Joint ACAC/ACI Seminar on Certification of
Aerodromes Marrakech, 56 September 2003
ACI supports certification ACI supports the
general principles put forward by ICAO, although
it believes that basic requirements (Standards)
should be distinguished from recommendations
(Recommended Practices).
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Joint ACAC/ACI Seminar on Certification of
Aerodromes Marrakech, 56 September 2003
Relevant POLICIES in ACI Policy Handbook
include Certification of aerodromes
(5.1) Airport Safety Management Systems and
safety auditing (5.24) an overall policy and
many others, including Apron Safety, Airside
Vehicle Operations, Runway Incursions, Runway
Inspections, Runway Friction, FOD prevention
measures, Wildlife Management.
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Joint ACAC/ACI Seminar on Certification of
Aerodromes Marrakech, 56 September 2003

• Certification should
• Create a level playing field
• National safety regulatory bodies should be
  clearly separated from
• airport management bodies to ensure independence.
  Clear and regular lines of communication should
  be established between regulators and airport
  operators.
• Treat existing airports reasonably
• Safety regulators should recognize the difference
  between existing and new airports and engage in
  dialogue with airport operators before imposing
  new certification requirements. Airports which
• have been certificated under pre-existing
  arrangements should not be arbitrarily refused
  certificates under any new arrangements.

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Joint ACAC/ACI Seminar on Certification of
Aerodromes Marrakech, 56 September 2003

• Be consistent apply same high safety standards
  in all domains and all airports
• Safety measures related to design and operations
  should be implemented where they give the highest
  benefit, and
• with international consistency.
• Put emphasis on accident prevention and
  continuous improvement
• Airports are encouraged to undertake relevant
  research and analysis to determine which safety
  initiatives should be given priority.

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Joint ACAC/ACI Seminar on Certification of
Aerodromes Marrakech, 56 September 2003

• Not impose unreasonable fees or requirements for
  certification
• There should be no excessive fees or unnecessary
  administrative requirements for certification.
  Fees should be related to cost.
• Certificates should not have a limited life
• Airports should not be placed in the situation
  that an administrative problem may prevent
  renewal of an operators certificate, and so
  result in temporary closure

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Joint ACAC/ACI Seminar on Certification of
Aerodromes Marrakech, 56 September 2003

• Annex 14 Recommended Practices should not be
  equated to Standards
• Recommended Practices (RPs) should not be made
  mandatory via the certification process - they
  exist principally to provide guidance for design
  of new airports. There is a process for
  aeronautical studies to establish alternative
  provisions and operational procedures which could
  provide an equal level of safety

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Joint ACAC/ACI Seminar on Certification of
Aerodromes Marrakech, 56 September 2003

• Safety Management Systems
• Airport Safety Management Systems and safety
  auditing (5.24) an overall policy
• Airport operators should establish a safety
  management and audit system covering all systems
  which are safety-critical at the airport,
  including those operated by other companies.
• Airport operators should move away from the
  simple monitoring of compliance with rules and
  regulations to the development of a safety
  management system.

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Joint ACAC/ACI Seminar on Certification of
Aerodromes Marrakech, 56 September 2003

• Safety Management Systems objectives
• (requires statement of company policy at top
  management level commitment to safety)
• Minimization of risks
• Avoidance of safety events (i.e. accidents and
  incidents)
• Minimization of the monetary, operational and
  human effects of safety events
• Compliance with safety requirements from
  regulations, provisions and laws

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Joint ACAC/ACI Seminar on Certification of
Aerodromes Marrakech, 56 September 2003

• Safety Management Systems
• Airport Safety Management Systems and safety
  auditing (5.24) an overall policy
• Such systems have been implemented in many
  industries, and consist of a cyclical process,
  including setting a written safety policy (this
  should identify hazards and risks) organizing
  and training staff, establishing a safety culture
  and communication systems planning and setting
  standards, including the effective control of
  risks and performance management, including
  active monitoring of compliance and reactive
  monitoring of incidents.

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Joint ACAC/ACI Seminar on Certification of
Aerodromes Marrakech, 56 September 2003

• Safety Management Systems
• Self-discipline should be the basic principle
  underlying all safety of work routines at
  airports. All personnel should be aware of and
  adhere to the standards for their work and be
  responsible for
• and control their own work.
• The necessary pre-conditions include the
  existence of standards and procedures set by the
  management, and their notification to and
  acceptance by personnel. This is a management
  responsibility.

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Joint ACAC/ACI Seminar on Certification of
Aerodromes Marrakech, 56 September 2003

• Safety Management Systems
• Safety audits should be carried out regularly to
  ensure that international as well as national and
  local procedures and standards are fully
  observed.
• Audits, in cooperation with local management and
  personnel, are an effective method of checking
  the actual level of safety, whereas the
  traditional system of checks carried out by
  roving inspectors does not necessarily detect
  flaws or hazards.
• The establishment of a regular audit process is a
  vital element of a safety management system.

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Joint ACAC/ACI Seminar on Certification of
Aerodromes Marrakech, 56 September 2003

• Safety Management Systems
• Aerodrome User regulations
• Reporting of AIP/NOTAM information
• Movement Area Access
• Aerodrome Emergency Plan
• Rescue and Fire fighting
• Movement Area inspection
• Visual Aids maintenance
• Movement Area maintenance

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Joint ACAC/ACI Seminar on Certification of
Aerodromes Marrakech, 56 September 2003

• Winter services facilities, equipment and
  procedures
• Construction management
• Apron safety management, incl. vehicle traffic
• Wildlife hazard management
• Obstacle control
• Disabled aircraft removal
• Hazardous materials handling
• Low visibility operations
• Navigational aids