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Advancing the Implementation of the UK State Safety Programme Through the Adoption of Performance Based Regulation

John ClarkSafety Programme Manager

Performance Based RegulationUK Civil Aviation Authority

February 2015

Transforming the CAA to a performance based regulator

High Level Safety Conference

Montreal (2nd-5th February 2015)

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In Order to deliver the State Safety Programme, the CAA has

the following safety objectives:

•Continue to use and develop a risk based approach.

•Work collaboratively with industry to continuously improve safety.

•Where required, take any necessary action to ensure safety is not

compromised.

•Draw upon worldwide and UK data to identify safety trends

•Capture safety improvements in the CAA Safety Plan.

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Total SystemEASA

System

UK system

Sector

Entity

Individual

Regulatory Change

Management

International Civil

Aviation

Organisation

Neighbouring

States & FABs

Foreign Accident

Investigations

Non-UK Airlines in

UK

UK Airlines

Overseas

UK CAA Risk

CapabilityGeneral Aviation

Training

Organisations

Aircraft

Maintainance

Design &

Production

Air

Navigation

Service

Providers

Airports

Airlines

Ground/Non CAA

Regulated

Military

Crown

Dependencies

Overseas

Territories

UK

Citizen

CAA

Oversight

Breadth Depth

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CAA Vision

To transform the CAA into a Performance Based Regulator, working with

industry to demonstrably reduce safety risk across the total aviation

system and develop the capabilities required for future regulators.

Transforming the CAA to a performance based regulator

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To deliver on these requirements, the CAA needs a number of key capabilities

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Flt Ops Aerodromes Airworthiness ATO's ANSP's

124

65

145 4

UK Aviation Entity TotalsRollout : April 2014-March 2016

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This is a major change programme!

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Value added

• Joined up regulator

• Focus on substantive risks Vs merely compliance

• Sharing of best practice

• Ability to see and share sector trends

• Focus on poor performing organisations will improve safety in UK

• High performing organisations who move to a reduced oversight

regime= reduced burden

• An ability to support EASA in developing their PBR approach

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In conclusion…..

• In support of ICAO SARPS, PBR is facilitating the implementation of the UK State Safety Programme

• PBR is a data drive approach to Regulation

• CAA White Paper on Data

• Don’t underestimate the size or complexity of the change

• You need a really good plan

Transforming the CAA to a performance based regulator