FAA Strategic Planning Flight Plan Update

James Ballough

Director, Flight Standards Service

November 2004

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FAA Flight Plan Goals

Four basic goals:– Increased Safety – Greater Capacity – International Leadership – Organizational Excellence

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Safety Accomplishments

Safety is FAA’s primary mission: Goal to achieve lowest possible accident rate

and to constantly improve safety accomplished through: – Three year average commercial accident rate of 0.22 per 100,000 departures– Reduction in accidents in Alaska– Decline in runway incursions, including most serious runway incursions

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Capacity Accomplishments

Goal to work with local governments and airspace users to provide airspace system capacity that meets projected demand in environmentally sound manner addressed by: – Adding new airport runways which has a direct impact on

increasing capacity to include Houston and Orlando

– Working with carriers serving major metropolitan areas and corridors that most affect total system delays such as carriers serving Chicago O’Hare

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International Leadership Accomplishments

Goal to increase safety and capacity of global civil aerospace system in environmentally sound manner accomplished through:

– Three new bilateral agreements with Brazil, Singapore, and Iceland

– Increased technical and financial assistance to developing countries - Helping Afghanistan and Iraq rebuild aviation systems

– Collaboration with ICAO to ensure adoption of economically sound environmental standards

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Organizational Excellence Accomplishments

Goal to ensure the success of the agency’s mission through stronger leadership, better trained workforce, enhanced cost control measures and improved decision making based on reliable data accomplished by:

– Continuing to implement an automated financial management system

– Providing training to our executives, managers and employees

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Flight Standards

Is key player in supporting FAA’s four goals areas of Safety, Capacity, International Leadership, and Organizational Excellence.

Has safety as primary goal. Will continue to improve oversight of air

carriers, training centers and repair stations while enforcing safety regulations targeting areas posing greatest risk to safety.

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Flight Standards Support of The Flight Plan

Safety: Supported initiatives to reduce runway

incursions Improved information sharing between

Airlines and the FAA Explored innovative and effective ways of

training our safety workforce Prepared for new aviation technologies

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Flight Standards Support of The Flight Plan

Capacity: Supported initiatives to mitigate impact

of weather on capacity Supported development of new

technologies and processes to increase capacity, to include development of RNP/RNAV Criteria for all phases of flight

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Flight Standards Support of the Flight Plan

International: Provided technical assistance and

training to foreign aviation authorities Built international partnerships Promoted global standards

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Flight Standards Support of The Flight Plan

Organizational Excellence: Improved business practices (ISO

Certification) Implemented better methods of monitoring

organizational performance

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FAA FY 2005-2009 Draft Flight Plan

Next Steps: Review internal and external stakeholders

comments Revise goal initiatives, activities, and

performance measures Add FAA core values to the plan Finalize the plan – October 2004

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