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Issue 4 - August 2012 Program Update Inside this issue: 100th BARS Audit 2 New AviaƟon Risk Tool for Members OrganizaƟons 2 New Audit Company 2 FSF BARS Safety Alerts 2 New Audit Company 2 BARS Audits— Current List of AircraŌ Operators 3 Current BARS StaƟsƟcs 4 BARS Audit Findings Summary 4 BARS Member OrganizaƟons 4 About the BAR Standard 4 Managing Director Update One of the exciƟng things to come out of the BARS Program is the posiƟve impact that this is having on the closure rate of ndings. In this ediƟon, we provide a summary review of ndings derived from 87 BARS Audits conducted around the globe. The good news is that most of these ndings have been closed or are in the process of being closed through agreed correcƟve acƟon plans. We have two new organizaƟons that have joined the BARS Program. WorleyParsons are the latest company to join the Program as a BARS Member OrganizaƟon. Hart AviaƟon has become the eighth Audit Company accredited under the BARS Program. Also in this ediƟon, we introduce a new tool that is being made available to BARS Member OrganizaƟons. This tool is designed to assist personnel with assessing the risk of certain types of operaƟons in a variety of condiƟons. Finally, the latest version of the BAR Standard, V4, has been released in Spanish as well as Russian. These can be accessed from the website and the Spanish is available in hard copy form via this oce. Courses By now, many of you will be familiar with the AviaƟon Coordinator (AVCO) courses that have been facilitated around various parts of the globe, principally for onshore resource sector personnel. This course has recently undergone a review and update to ensure that it remains contemporary. We are also well underway with the development of an AVCO course designed for off‐shore operaƟons that will become available later this year. The Ground OperaƟons for External Loads course is also under development and is expected to be available at the end of this year. Further updates will be provided in our next newsleƩer and via BARSoŌ. Greg Marshall Managing Director—BARS Program Flight Safety Foundation COO Kevin Hiatt on a recent visit to the BARS Program Office New BARS Member Organization— WorleyParsons WorleyParsons is the latest organization to join the BARS Program as a BARS Member Organization. WorleyParsons is a global provider of technical, project and operational services to the mining and oil & gas sectors. Like most organizations within the industry, they utilize outsourced aviation to support their activities. We welcome WorleyParsons on-board and look forward to their contribution toward enhancing the Program.

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Issue 4 - August 2012

Program Update 

Inside this issue: 

100th BARS Audit   2 

New Avia on Risk Tool for Members Organiza ons 

New Audit Company  2 

FSF BARS Safety Alerts  2 

New Audit Company  2 

BARS Audits— Current List of Aircra  Operators  

Current BARS Sta s cs  4 

BARS Audit Findings Summary 

BARS Member Organiza ons 

About the BAR Standard 

Managing Director Update 

One of the exci ng things to come

out of the BARS Program is the

posi ve impact that this is having on

the closure rate of findings.

In this edi on, we provide a summary review of 

findings derived from 87 BARS Audits conducted 

around the globe. The good news is that most of 

these  findings  have  been  closed  or  are  in  the 

process  of  being  closed  through  agreed 

correc ve ac on plans.  

We  have  two  new  organiza ons  that  have 

joined  the  BARS  Program.  WorleyParsons  are 

the  latest  company  to  join  the  Program  as  a 

BARS Member  Organiza on.  Hart  Avia on  has 

become  the  eighth  Audit  Company  accredited 

under the BARS Program.  

 

Also in this edi on, we introduce a new tool that 

is  being  made  available  to  BARS  Member 

Organiza ons.  This  tool  is  designed  to  assist 

personnel  with  assessing  the  risk  of  certain 

types of opera ons in a variety of condi ons. 

Finally,  the  latest  version of  the BAR  Standard, 

V4,  has  been  released  in  Spanish  as  well  as 

Russian.  These  can  be  accessed  from  the 

website and the Spanish is available in hard copy 

form via this office. 

Courses 

By  now, many  of  you will  be  familiar with  the 

Avia on Coordinator  (AVCO)  courses  that have 

been  facilitated  around  various  parts  of  the 

globe,  principally  for  on‐shore  resource  sector 

personnel. This course has recently undergone a 

review  and  update  to  ensure  that  it  remains 

contemporary. 

We  are  also  well  underway  with  the 

development  of  an  AVCO  course  designed  for 

off‐shore opera ons  that will become available 

later  this  year.  The  Ground  Opera ons  for 

External Loads course is also under development 

and is expected to be available at the end of this 

year.  Further  updates  will  be  provided  in  our 

next  newsle er  and  via 

BARSo . 

Greg Marshall Managing Director—BARS Program 

 

Flight Safety Foundation COO Kevin Hiatt on a recent visit to the BARS Program Office

New  BARS Member  Organization—WorleyParsons  

WorleyParsons is the latest organization to join the BARS Program as a BARS Member Organization. WorleyParsons is a global provider of technical, project and operational services to

the mining and oil & gas sectors. Like most organizations within the industry, they utilize outsourced aviation to support their activities. We welcome WorleyParsons on-board and look forward to their contribution toward enhancing the Program.

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New  Audit Company—  HART Aviation  

HART Avia on has joined the BARS Program as a Registered Audit Com‐pany.

"A  number  of  our  mining  industry  clients  and 

also  aircra   operators  have  expressed  their  in‐

terest  in having HART Avia on par cipate  in the 

BARS Program” said CEO Jed Hart. “We look for‐

ward  to doing so and  to being able  to offer  this 

service to them."  

“We are pleased to have HART Avia on on board 

as a supporter of  the BARS Program,” said Greg 

Marshall, Managing Director — BARS Program. 

HART  Avia on  is  the  eighth  audit  company  to 

a ain BARS Audit Company registra on status. 

The 2012/2013 Calendar: 

AVCO Courses: 

23‐24 August 2012: Yellowknife, Canada 

October 2012:            Bogotá, Columbia 

October 2012:            San ago, Chile 

December 2012:        Jakarta, Indonesia 

TBC — 4Q 2012:      Adelaide, Australia 

21‐22 March 2013: Vancouver, Canada 

Auditor Accredita on: 

TBC — 4Q 2012:   Melbourne, Australia 

Meet us: 

October:                            IASS — San ago, Chile 

November:                         ARC 2012 ‐Australian Resources Conference & Trade Show — Perth, Australia 

 

 

 

 

 

h p://flightsafety.org/bars  

[email protected] 

+61 1300 557 162 phone  

+61 1300 557 182 fax Follow us on twi er @fsfBARS 

  

An airplane is landing approximately every 2.0 seconds somewhere in the world!

New Avia on Risk Tool for Member Organiza ons 

A new tool based on the BAR Stand‐ard will shortly be available for BARS Member Organiza ons.

The tool was developed by Newcrest Mining and 

has been made available for use by other BMOs 

through the Founda on. 

The tool, designed to be used via the company’s 

intranet  site, will  assist management  and  other 

personnel  with  conduc ng  risk  assessments  of 

ac vi es  involving  avia on  support  against  the 

BAR Standard. 

To assist with op mizing  the  tool’s use  for your 

site,  the original developers of  the so ware can 

tailor it to suit.  

Please  contact  the  Program  Office  for  further 

informa on on the use of this tool.  

100th BARS Audit 

A milestone has been reached with Karratha Flying Services (KFS) having undertaken the 100th Audit of the BARS Program.

The company  is based  in  the Pilbara of Western 

Australia and has been providing charter services 

to major resource clients in the region since their 

incep on. They operate a fleet of 7  twin‐engine 

aircra , including three King Air and a Beechcra  

1900C.   

In January 2010 KFS commenced a contract with 

BHP  Billiton  Iron  Ore  to  operate  its  Pilbara  Air 

Service  between  Port  Hedland,  Newman  and 

Shay Gap, with a dedicated King Air B200 aircra . 

Their most  recent BARS Audit was  their  second 

and  the  100th  completed  under  the  BARS 

Program. 

FSF  BARS Safety Alerts BARS Member Organiza ons will now be able to receive  Safety Alerts  generated  from  the  BARS Program Office (BPO). These Safety Alerts will be derived  from  safety  informa on  forwarded  to the  BPO  by Member  Organiza ons.  The  infor‐ma on will be de‐iden fied, where this has not already occurred, and distributed to other Mem‐

ber  Organiza ons  via  BARSo .  The  BPO  has recently  released  four Safety Alerts concerning: stabilized  approaches;  aerodrome  opera ons; aircra   ELT  installa ons  and data derived  from BARS Audits.  Informa on  for  sharing  via  Safety Alerts  can  be  forwarded  to [email protected]  or  can  be  sent  to  Greg Marshall at [email protected]  

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Aircraft Operators who have completed a current BARS Audit

Does not include Aircra Operators who have registered

to undergo a BARS Audit or whose report is yet to be completed.

Air Operator 

AUSTRALIA SOUTH PACIFIC 

Advance Avia on Group 

Air Niugini  

Air Pioneer 

Airfast Indonesia 

Alliance Airlines 

BPW Avia on (t/a Airspeed Avia on) 

Bristow Helicopters Australia 

Central QLD Avia on 

Corporate Air 

ExecuJet Australasia  

Execu ve Airlines 

Fugro Spa al Solu ons 

Helicopters (NZ) 

Heliwest Group 

Hevili   

Karratha Flying Services  

Marcplan Charter/Southern Cross Jets 

Na onal Jet Express (t/a Cobham Avia on Services) 

Nauru Air Corpora on (t/a Our Airlines) 

Network Avia on Australia 

Pel‐Air Avia on 

PT Nyaman Air 

Polar Avia on 

Skywest Airlines (Australia) 

Sunstate Airlines and Eastern Australia Airlines (t/a QantasLink) 

PT Travira Air 

Tropicair  

Vincent Avia on (Australia) 

Virgin Australia Airlines 

Whitsunday Helicopter Group 

MIDDLE EAST 

Aircra  Sales and Services Limited (ASSL) 

Pakistan Interna onal Airlines 

ASIA 

Awan Inspirasi Sdn Bhd 

Air Operator 

WESTERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA 

Afrijet Business Service 

Sahel Avia on Service 

SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AFRICA 

Air‐Tec 

Allegiance Air 

Anglo Opera ons  

Auric Air Services  

Awesome Flight Services  

CemAir  

Na onal Airways Corpora on  

SKA South Africa Aircra  Leasing  

Solenta Avia on  

Springbok Classic Air  

Starlite Avia on Opera ons  

Swi  Flite 

EUROPE 

Bond Offshore Helicopters 

Heli‐Union 

Zimex Avia on 

NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA 

Arc c Sunwest 

Cu er Flight Management 

First Air 

Great Slave Helicopters 

Na onal Helicopter Services 

NetJets Avia on 

SOUTH AMERICA 

Aero Transporte 

Aerocardal 

DAP Helicópteros 

EcoCopter 

Helicopters.cl 

Inaer Helicopter Chile 

LC Perú 

Searca 

Servicios Aéreos de los Andes 

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Flight Safety Founda on Ltd 

GPO Box 3026 

Level 6, 278 Collins Street 

Melbourne VIC 3001, Australia 

+61 1300 557 162        

+61 1300 557 182 fax 

[email protected] 

h p://flightsafety.org 

Or follow us on twi er  @fsfBARS 

About the BAR Standard 

Many  resource  sector  companies  rely  on chartered  aircra   operators  for  a  number  of support  ac vi es  including,  most  importantly, the  movement  of  company  personnel.  The aircra   suppor ng  these  ac vi es  range  from small  single‐engine  helicopters  to  transport category  jet  aircra ,  u lized  in  a  variety  of challenging environments. 

Standard 

The  BAR  Standard  was  developed  from  an industry‐iden fied need  to establish a common safety  audit  standard  that  could  be  applied  to resource  sector  avia on  support  ac vi es.  It provides contrac ng companies with the level of safety  assurance  required  by  their  respec ve organiza ons.  The  Standard  was  developed from  a  risk‐based  model  framed  against  the actual  threats  posed  to  avia on  opera ons.  It directly  links  these  to  associated  controls  and recovery  and mi ga on measures,  as  opposed to  the  outdated  prescrip ve  format  previously used within the  industry. 

The Standard provides a consistent audit model that  allows  member  resource  companies  to share  in  the  audits  of  operators,  all  of  whom have  been  subject  to  a  consistent  standard  of audit. 

Some of our current BARS Member Organiza ons There are now 17 BARS Member Organiza ons that include the following: 

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Current BARS Sta s cs  BARS 

Audits conducted:                 107 across 30 countries 

Findings to date: 4426 

Findings closed: 2626 

 Accredited Auditors: 82 

Auditor Accredita on courses conducted: 11 in 4 countries 

BARS Registered Audit Companies: 8 

BARS Member Organiza ons: 17 

 

AVCO 

AVCO courses conducted:  15 in 9 countries 

AVCO course par cipants: >180 

A review of the past 87 BARS audits con‐ducted globally have resulted in over 3000 findings*. The ongoing analysis of this data by the BARS Program Office has commenced, with the following ini‐

al results:

25% of operators had a non‐conformity against the requirement for stabilized approaches 

36% of operators did not have a ‘no fault’ go‐around policy documented  

20% of operators did not have documented hand‐over procedures for mul ‐crew aircra  

40% of operators had non‐conformi es associ‐ated with passenger safety briefings 

56% of operators had non conformi es associ‐ated with Crew Resource Management (CRM) 

training and Aeronau cal Decision Making. 

11% of operators did not provide training for Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems (TCAS) or Terrain Avoidance and Warning Systems (TAWS) 

20% of all findings are associated with aircra  operator’s management and safety manage‐ment systems 

5 operators did not have a no‐transit policy regarding external load with short line with no load a ached 

15% of operators did not have documented guidance associated with Thunderstorm avoid‐ance 

 

All findings have been closed or have an ap‐proved correc ve ac on plan for closure.  *Data obtained from FSF BARSo  database.  For more informa on contact BARS Program Office  

BARS Audit Findings Summary