GROUND OPERATIONS SAFETY

Every accident, no matter how minor, is a failure of the organization.

— Jerome Lederer

For an airplane to be in danger, it doesn't has to be flying. Every year, over a billion dollars are spent covering the costs of aviation ground accidents. Airport safety managers try, on a daily basis to remove these types of risk and to eliminate ground accidents. The most typical types of ground accidents are found when the aircraft is taxiing, towing and parking. Also, one of the most important incidents and accidents causes are the runway incursions. As we know, runway incursions are due to the mistakenly presence of an aircraft, vehicle or person on the runways.

Since aircraft traffic grows constantly, more and more airplanes get into mishaps at airports each year. There are approximately 1 runway incident per day in the United States, this might sound like a small number but because there are lives involved and the possibility to be a bigger disaster, 1 incident per day is a big number. The best way to mitigate this is by modernizing safety services and improving communications systems with pilots, such as Teterboro airport which has a small but very efficient presentation which shows pilots about the hotspots of the airport. If every airport creates this type of safety systems, which can be made in one day, thousands of pilots will be more prepared for this type of mishap. Safety and Prevention First.

Some of the solutions I found are:

• To design the flight line with safety in mind.
• Create a plan for controlling the movement of aircraft and vehicles.
• Personnel needs to be fully trained in their job and in the safety of their job.
• All personnel needs to have a basic understanding of personal safety practices and the use of protective equipment.

Either on the runway or in the flight line, it's very important to be as much organized as possible, have the proper markings, well trained personnel, and the proper equipment to prevent all kind of ground incidents.