Staffing Standards for Aviation Safety Inspectors (2007) / Chapter Skim
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1 Introduction
1 Introduction
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, charged with ensuring the safety of aircraft through regulation and oversight of their design and manufacture. The present study was commissioned to examine the models and methods that have been used to determine the staffing needs for aviation safety inspectors for these two units, who are responsible for ensuring the safety of nearly all critical functions of the aviation industry.
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The industry includes aircraft operators (e.g., air carriers of all sizes, air taxi services, general aviation opera 1The information on FAA programs, operations, and staffing cited in this report was gathered from sources that include personal communication with AFS and AIR headquarters staff, briefings provided by FAA staff, and FAA documents and web pages. It was verified to be current as of April 2006.
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Box 1-1 presents a capsule description of system safety from the FAA's System Safety Handbook (Federal Aviation Administration, 2000b)
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Other FAA initiatives, like Flight Operational Quality Assurance (Federal Aviation Administration, 2001) and the Aviation Safety Action Program (Federal Aviation Administration, 2002a)
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The term "staffing standards," as used by the Aviation Safety organizatoin (AVS) for manpower planning, does not imply any measure of skill level or qualitative differences in knowledge, skills, or abilities beyond those implied by published qualifications for hiring or promotion as a particular type of inspector at a particular level.
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reads: 1. Critically examine the current staffing standards for FAA Aviation Safety Inspectors and the assumptions underlying those standards.
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Defining the Project Scope The committee's charge was to examine the manpower planning methods and models currently used by the FAA for establishing ASI staffing standards or levels and to suggest approaches aimed at improvement. We were not tasked to develop an ASI staffing model for the FAA
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The current staffing model reflects many, but not all, of the factors that drive the need for ASI staff, and the decision process must take these other factors into consideration. A point that bears repeating is that although the committee's major task was to study manpower questions, we considered that it was unlikely that a change in manpower planning methods would be profitable until other human resource management issues were addressed, and we have devoted Chapter 4 to a discussion of these issues.
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These included descriptions and documentation provided by FAA headquarters staff for the Holistic Staffing Model, the Automated Staffing Allocation Model, and the staffing system for AIR (Order 1380.49 series and related documents) (Federal Aviation Administration, 1989, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2002b)
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We were especially interested in materials describing alternative approaches to manpower and staffing used by organizations similar to the FAA in important ways, as well as articles on principles and methods used to establish staffing models and systems. A subgroup of the committee with special expertise in manpower and staffing models was tasked to explore alternative modeling approaches for their potential relevance to the FAA staffing situation.
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After consultation with FAA staff and PASS representatives, as well as a general discussion in the committee, a number of stakeholders were identified. These included air carriers, aircraft manufacturers, general aviation and specialty aviation associations, maintenance providers, pilots and other workers' associations, and consumer safety groups.
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Professional Aviation Maintenance Maintenance professionals Association NOTE: Boldface type indicates organizations that sent representatives to brief the committee.
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The committee requested assistance from the FAA headquarters staff to facilitate visits to several FAA field offices where ASIs are employed. We requested and received contact information and introductions for sites that would give us access to ASIs and managers representing the major categories of ASI jobs (operations, maintenance, avionics, and manufacturing)
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INTRODUCTION 25 TABLE 1-3 Organizations and Individuals Providing Input to the Committee Organization Representative Title Aeronautical Repair Sarah McLeod Executive director Station Association Aerospace Industries Mike Romanowski Vice president, civil aviation Association Aircraft Electronics Paula Derks President Association Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Maryanne DeMarco Legislative liaison Association Aircraft Owners and Pilots Melissa Rudinger Vide president, regulatory Association policy Air Line Pilots Association Charlie Bergman Manager, air safety and operations Federal Aviation Kevin Iacobacci AFS and AIR headquarters Administration Deane Hausler staff General Aviation Walter Desrosier Engineering and maintenance Manufacturers Association Individual safety consultant John Goglia Senior vice president, Professional Aviation Maintenance Association International Association David Supplee Director of IAM flight safety of Machinists and Aerospace Workers National Agricultural Andrew Moore Executive director Aviation Association National Air Carrier George Paul Safety and maintenance Association director
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Chapter 2 discusses modeling and its applicability to the development of staffing standards for such organizations as the Flight Standards Service and the Aircraft Certification Service. Chapter 3 traces the recent history of staffing standards in these organizations and considers manpower and staffing models and methods used by other organizations.
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LDR Labor Distribution Reporting MIMIS Manufacturing Inspection Management Information System NVIS National Vital Information Subsystem PASS Professional Airway Systems Specialists PTRS Program Tracking and Reporting Subsystem SASO System Approach for Safety Oversight SPAS Safety Performance Analysis System NOTE: Acronyms used in some Federal Aviation Administration offices may reflect their orga nizational history rather than their literal titles.
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