CASA media release - Friday 26 October 2007
Air safety campaign targets Queenslanders
The future leaders of Queensland’s aviation industry are the target of a special new air safety campaign.
Young pilots studying to work in commercial aviation are being given intensive training in identifying and managing air safety risks.
A hands-on workshop to be run by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority next week will spell out the dangers of mistakes in aviation and how errors can be prevented.
The centre piece of the workshop is the analysis of a 1993 accident in which six people were killed.
Aviation students at Griffith University will be asked to identify the mistakes made by the pilot of the doomed aircraft, as well as other people involved in the flight, that contributed to the crash.
During the three hour workshop the students will learn about risk identification, decision making and safety management.
CASA field safety advisor, Andrew Warland-Browne, says the new safety campaign is aimed at the people who will become the commercial pilots of the future.
“We are working with universities that specialise in aviation to teach students fundamental lessons in air safety in a practical and vivid way,” Mr Warland-Browne, one of the workshop presenters, says.
“The aviation students we are targeting will be the leaders in Queensland aviation in 10 or 15 years and we want them to start their careers with the best possible understanding of the science of safety.
“It’s vital because in only a few years many of these pilots will be flying passenger aircraft with hundreds of Queensland lives in their care on each and every flight.”
The workshop is being held at Griffith University on Wednesday 31 October 2007, from 6pm. It is open to aviation students and any other interested pilots.
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