EASA Safety Week 2024

During the week of 22-26 April 2024, we hosted EASA Safety Week 2024. 

Throughout the week there were 8 webinars covering different topics and Domains. You can see the full agenda the week below. 

The key points from the Safety Week are: 

• Safe at heart - Safety is more than a priority, it is a core value at the heart of everything we do in aviation, make this a reality and not just some nice words.  

• Focus on your risks - Look ahead to identify the key risks you are likely to face in this summer. From our analysis and risk management, two key Safety Issues include GNSS signal manipulation leading to navigation or surveillance degradation and management of fatigue. 

• We are all in this together - Work closely across organisations, roles and job functions to help identify and mitigate risks collaboratively. Communicate effectively and check understanding to improve situational awareness. 

Safety Week Agenda and Supporting Material

The full agenda is below. A wide range of topics were covered during the week. 

• Session 1 - Safety Issues: A full overview of the EASA Safety Risk Management process and the Annual Safety Review. Overview of the top safety issues and the safety view of ACI and IATA. 
• Session 2 - Aerodromes and Ground Handling: A focus on the topics of Runway Safety Teams at an Airport and also streamlining airport and ground handling operations through the Safety Stack approach, with an example from Dublin Airport. 
• Session 3 - Air Ops: The session primarily discussed the challenges of Fatigue Risk Management (FRM), the joint responsibility between Regulators, Organisations and Individuals. 
• Session 4 - ATM/ ANS: A focus on Runway Safety from an ATM perspective, but also involves all actors impacting this important risk. 
• Session 5 - ATO/ Flight Crew Training: The move from traditional training approaches to a competency-based approach and the evolution to Evidence Based Training. 
• Session 6 - Continuing Airworthiness: A specific discussion about the challenges of implementation digital tools in the maintenance environment of airlines of associated organisations. 
• Session 7 - Cyber/ Security: Focus on how to address Cybersecurity risks by implementing an Information Security Management System in compliance with Part-IS. Experience form Authorities and Industry will be shared.
• Session 8 - Safety Leadership: Finally, the week closed by discussing some more strategic, leadership challenges that organisations face to enable safe and effective operations in an unstable world. 

You can watch the recordings of the sessions on the Together4Safety Youtube Channel now (ATM session will be uploaded shortly). All the presentations, material and recordings will be uploaded to the Safety Week event page by 30 April.