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    Background & Benefits LOSA Characteristics Ready for LOSA?

    Background
    10 Essential Characteristics
    Since 2001 flight crews have been
    using LOSA to proactively improve 1. Peer-to-peer observations during
    safety and enhance performance. normal operations
    Through peer observations, in strict 2. Anonymous, confidential, and
    non-jeopardy conditions, threats and non-punitive data collection
    errors are identified and managed
    3. Voluntary participation
    before they lead to incidents and
    accidents. In a joint research and 4. Trusted and trained observers
    • Want to enhance SMS data?
    development effort, the FAA and 5. Joint management and union
    Airline Business Partners recently • Want to predict challenges?
    sponsorship
    extended LOSA to the aviation • Desire to better manage risks?
    6. Systematic observation
    maintenance and ramp environments. • Desire to improve
    instrument based on Threat and
    performance?
    Error Management (TEM)
    • Have management support?
    7. Secure data collection repository
    • Have labor participation?
    Benefits of a LOSA Program 8. Data verification roundtables
    • Provide field data to Safety 9. Data-derived targets for
    Management System (SMS)
    enhancement
    • Identify strengths and weaknesses
    • Reduce undesirable events and 10. Feedback of results to the
    thereby reduce operating costs workforce
    • Improve efficiency
    Training, Observation Forms, Federal Aviation
    Industry Partners Administration
    Software

    Documents to Implement M&R-LOSA


    available at: Airport Terminal Services
    www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/maintenance_hf/losa/
    Alaska Airlines Maintenance and Ramp
    Line Operations Safety
    American Airlines
    Assessments
    Boeing (M-LOSA & R-LOSA)
    Delta Airlines
    Enhancing Aviation Maintenance and
    DGS Ramp Operations Safety

    FedEx
    Jet Blue Airways
    Saint Louis University
    Servisair
    Southwest Airlines
    United Airlines
    Contact
    Carla A Hackworth, Ph.D. Maggie Ma, Ph.D., CHFP UPS
    Civil Aerospace Medical Institute Commercial Aviation Services
    Federal Aviation Administration The Boeing Company
    Office: 405.954.6299 Office: 206.662.4014
    carla.hackworth@faa.gov maggie.j.ma@boeing.com

    August 2014 (v6)

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