Re: Unsafe Piloting

[michele moore <michele@bendcable.com>]

many options are available to you.

First and foremost: Speak with the pilot.  Let He or She know how you feel.  You may be surprised at the eventual
outcomes.

If you work for a company that does a contract 135 than chances are you may speak directly with their safety
officer.  For Air Methods: Leroy Jackson has been a great help, both to the pilots and crew.  At least from my
perspective.  And I assume that other companies of quality may provide the same avenue.  My guess is, you want to
keep flying, and with the same program.

Then there is always the FAA:

Aviation Safety Reporting Program

               a. The FAA has established a voluntary Aviation Safety Reporting Program designed to
               stimulate the free and unrestricted flow of information concerning deficiencies and
               discrepancies in the aviation system. This is a positive program intended to ensure the safest
               possible system by identifying and correcting unsafe conditions before they lead to accidents.
               The primary objective of the program is to obtain information to evaluate and enhance the
               safety and efficiency of the present system.

               b. This cooperative safety reporting program invites pilots, controllers, flight attendants,
               maintenance personnel and other users of the airspace system, or any other person, to file
               written reports of actual or potential discrepancies and deficiencies involving the safety of
               aviation operations. The operations covered by the program include departure, en route,
               approach, and landing operations and procedures, air traffic control procedures and
               equipment, crew and air traffic control communications, aircraft cabin operations, aircraft
               movement on the airport, near midair collisions, aircraft maintenance and record keeping and
               airport conditions or services.

               c. The report should give the date, time, location, persons and aircraft involved (if applicable),
               nature of the event, and all pertinent details.

               d. To ensure receipt of this information, the program provides for the waiver of certain
               disciplinary actions against persons, including pilots and air traffic controllers, who file timely

               written reports concerning potentially unsafe incidents. To be considered timely, reports must
               be delivered or postmarked within 10 days of the incident unless that period is extended for
               good cause. Reports should be submitted on NASA ARC Forms 277, which are available free
               of charge, postage prepaid, at FAA Flight Standards District Offices and Flight Service Stations,
               and from NASA, ASRS, PO Box 189, Moffet Field, CA 94035.

               e. The FAA utilizes the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to act as an
               independent third party to receive and analyze reports submitted under the program. This
               program is described in AC 00-46, Aviation Safety Reporting Program.

Good luck!
m




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