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extract the figures requested and submit them as easily as
possible, points out Gamba.
" The submission is made via a simple Excel spreadsheet,
and the data, following a number of automated steps, is
then computed by an outsourced professional aggregator,
EcoOnline, " he says. " EcoOnline dispatches the results
(typically every quarter) in a way that the participant
companies, via their individual dashboard, may organize
according to their preference, but always following
the same pattern: the participant may compare its own
data with that of the rest of the industry, aggregated and
de-identified. We also produce a quarterly general report,
today for internal consumption only, but that could be disclosed
publicly once the deployment phase is activated. "
What it is Revealing
It is currently premature for ASA to already disclose hard
truths or even lessons learned, affirms Gamba.
" There are however a few comments worthy of interest.
One of them is that this industry is submitted to intense
pressures coming from mainly three different sources: the
customers (airlines) obviously, but also the airports (granting
of licenses) and more and more the national authorities
themselves (oversight, regulations), " he says. " For too long
the ground handling sector has been accused of being an
unruled black box costing the industry billions of dollars
every year in aircraft hits and delays, personal injuries,
etc. Without denying that our industry has a direct impact
on these matters, we have found all the efforts in trying
to measure this impact so far to be certainly laudable, but
also to fall somewhat short of their stated purpose. After
all, they simply consist in measuring a symptom, without
providing incentives to improve. "
According to Gamba, SID will facilitate evidence-based
discussions with other industry stakeholders on policies
that might affect the GHSP community and discuss solutions
to drive safety improvement, to identify emerging
trends and eventually to incentivize each participant to do
what it takes to beat the rest of the industry, thus contributing
to lifting its safety records up.
" This is the ultimate objective of SID, " he says, " and we
cannot wait for the whole industry to join in. "
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
DR. MARIO PIEROBON
Dr. Mario Pierobon provides solutions in the
areas of documentation, training and consulting
to organizations operating in safety-sensitive
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project investigating aircraft ground handling
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