Ramp Safety Practices (2011) / Chapter Skim
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Passenger loading • Non-routine maintenance • Cleaning of cockpit windows, wings, nacelles, and cabin windows • Onboard servicing • Cleaning • Catering • In-flight entertainment • Minor servicing of cabin fittings • Alteration of seat configuration • External ramp equipment • Passenger steps • Catering loaders • Cargo loaders, mail and equipment loading. A broad array of ground service contractual agreements exists including a large percentage of airlines that provide support to their own and other airlines, GSPs that are outsourced to multiple airlines and offer comprehensive above and below wing services, specialized services such as fueling and catering, and airports that offer ground support services to their airline customers.
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When asked "Does your Airline provide ground support services to other airline customers? " five of the seven airline representatives surveyed indicated "Yes." The two airlines that responded "No" are regional airlines, which may reflect certain operational limitations, although no additional survey comments were provided to confirm this assumption.
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Each airline is responsible for their respective ramp markings. 10 Medium Hub Yes Jet bridges are owned and maintained by the county airport system, but used by airline personnel for de-boarding and boarding.
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Airports were also surveyed as to whether ramp safety meetings occurred on a regular basis (Does your airport conduct regular ramp safety meetings with tenants?
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The GAO found no comprehensive nonfatal injury data on ramp accidents or incidents. According to the GAO report, the federal government has generally taken an indirect role overseeing ramp safety; airlines and airports typically control the ramp areas using their own policies and procedures.
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Civil Aviation Authority CAA CAP 642 Airside Safety Management http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/ Cap642.pdf U.K. ramp safety operations and practices including risk analysis Flight Safety Foundation FSF Ground Accident Prevention (GAP)
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The rate of incidents and accidents involving aircraft increased from 0.073 in 2006 to 0.078 in 2007; similarly, the rate of incidents and accidents not involving aircraft increased from 0.157 to 0.167. The rate of injury to personnel and passengers decreased in 2007 to 0.038, a 13% decrease from 2006 when the rate was 0.043.
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(2005) examined NTSB data on airport ground crew injuries and fatalities involving aircraft of commuter air carriers and major airlines for the period 1983–2004.
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noted that airline ramp employees at a large airport base may be very different in terms of their sub-cultural attitudinal and behavioral norms from those at a regional airport, even though they work in the same industry, for the same carrier, in the same job category. In an interview with Ground Support Worldwide, Delta's former Director of Safety and Ground Support, Jim Swartz, identified six drivers of safety on airport aprons that have to be balanced: 1.
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Ramp accidents are a high-cost item for airlines and airports in personnel injuries and death, and in damage to equipment. A FSF review of ramp operations suggested a lack of overall consistency in standards, operating practices, and management as early as 1993.
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