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One Level of Safety

What’s the Difference Between Passenger and Cargo Operations?

Captain Rich Hughey President’s Committee for Cargo Chair Flight Safety Foundation International Air Safety Summit November 12-14, 2018

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Snakes on Planes

§ Cargo Aircraft = Undeclared DG § Passenger Aircraft = Emotional Support Animal

What’s the Difference???

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U.S. Commercial Aircraft Fleet

3,982 1,109 469

500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000 4,500

2017

U.S. Commercial Aircraft Fleet

Narrow-Body Jet Wide-Body Jet Wide-Body Jet - CARGO

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Snap shot of today’s conversation

§Accident Rate Disparity §One Level Of Safety §What’s the Difference?

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Accident Rate Disparity

Passenger Cargo 6-7% 93-94% (~1m dep/yr)

Part 121 Cargo: Cargo is 10-12 times more likely to have a fatal accident than Part 121 Passenger since 2001. 2017 IATA Safety Report: Cargo-only major accidents are 7-15 times higher than passenger airline accidents since 2012.

§ What is it?

– Equivalent Safety Performance

§ Why do we want it?

– Level the playing field of risk

§ How do we achieve this?

– Multiple “protection” methods

One Level of Safety

Risk

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§People vs. Cargo §Business models §Protections

What else is different?

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Dangerous Goods

Pallets of iPads for Cargo-Only Aircraft

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Undeclared Dangerous Goods

What’s Really In The Box?

1,556 1,278 1,356 1,295 1,401 1,460 1,441 1,327 1,129 1,183 1,082 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Incidents Reported Annually

625 658 729 721 722 787 740 718 564 581 479 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Undeclared Incidents Reported

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Risk Exposure to Cargo Operators & Pilots

Hazards §Dangerous Goods

–Volume –Lithium Batteries

§Undeclared Dangerous Goods (UDG)

FAATC Freighter Airplane Cargo Fire Risk, Benefit, and Cost Model - April 2013

Fire Risk

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§ Prevention: ICAO (Intl shipments)

–Instituted packaging requirements for lithium batteries

§ Detection & Protection § Some operators employ:

–Fire Containment Covers (FCC) –Fire Resistance Container (FRC-ULD) –Fire Suppression Systems (FSS)

Prevention, Detection, Protection

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§Cargo carriers still plan to depressurize to “fight” fire §19 min = average time to recover aircraft to surface,

• r consider ditching

Fire Risk Mitigation Disparity

Passenger

No Carriage of Lithium Batteries & very limited DG Active Protection (Halon System) Passive Protection (Class C Liner) Detection

RISK

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All of this is Special Cargo

12-ton MRAP Vehicle Protections:

• FAA Cargo Focus Team
• Loadmaster Cert WG
• AC 120-85B

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Business Model Diversity

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Work-Rest Differences

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§ Time of Day

–Air Traffic Services –Non—Tower Ops –Airport maintenance

§ Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting (ARFF) § Wide Body aircraft at smaller airports

Aviation Infrastructure Differences

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Protection Differences (Industry Level):

§ Legislation § Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs) § ICAO SARPs & Technical Instructions § Advisory Circulars (ACs) § CAST Safety Enhancements (SEs)

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Mitigation Differences (Operator level):

§Safety Management System (SMS) §Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) §Safety Technology employed

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Obstacles to level the playing field of risk:

§Cost Benefit Methodology

–Regulatory imbalances –Alternative Means of Compliance (AMOC), Exemptions, Deviations

§United States Postal Service (USPS)

–Different rules on Shipping, Investigation, Declaration of Commodities – or lack thereof (UDG)

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Leveling the Playing Field of Risk

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Thank You!

• Capt. Rich Hughey

President’s Committee for Cargo Chair Air Line Pilots Association, International Richard.Hughey@alpa.org

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QUESTIONS ?