Systemic Safety Data Collection and Processing in Aviation Safety Oversight

Abstract

The Safety Data Collection and Processing System (SDCPS) at aviation authorities is an important component for maintaining flight safety. Aviation safety occurrences are often the result of several deficiencies in the system, which brings the need to examine the system as a socio-technical whole. The System-Theoretic Accident Model and Processes (STAMP) is one of the systemic safety prediction models that deals with socio-technical systems and offers a possible solution for new approach to the safety data collection and processing. This paper focuses on the use of STAMP for SDCPS at aviation authorities. The methodology in this paper is based on the use of Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) tool for graphical algorithmic representation of processes according to the theory. This approach provides a systemic platform for proposal of safety data collection and processing. The resulting proposal to be used with SDCPS shows how to use the systemic approach of STAMP within current SDCPS systems and compares it with the current practices and standards in the aviation.