Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International AirportInternational Airport

(Airport Operations Division)(Airport Operations Division)Presents…Presents…

Management Supporting Your FOD ProgramManagement Supporting Your FOD Program

What would it take for Management to What would it take for Management to support and even participate in your FOD support and even participate in your FOD Program…Program…

Management Supporting your FOD ProgramManagement Supporting your FOD Program

1. Write a policy that has the support of Top Management and 1. Write a policy that has the support of Top Management and have them sign-off on that policy.have them sign-off on that policy.

2. Effectively advise all tenants of the airport community of The 2. Effectively advise all tenants of the airport community of The Policy and get commitments from each community members Policy and get commitments from each community members management sector to establish a chain of command. management sector to establish a chain of command.

3. Ensure that the policy is being adhered to by communicating 3. Ensure that the policy is being adhered to by communicating the policy through the FOD Committee then report progress to the policy through the FOD Committee then report progress to management.management.

4. Initiate an Annual FOD Walk with the participation of Top 4. Initiate an Annual FOD Walk with the participation of Top Management for continual FOD awareness in the airport Management for continual FOD awareness in the airport community.community.

5. Management participating in awards given to employees to 5. Management participating in awards given to employees to place the importance of FOD awareness in the airport place the importance of FOD awareness in the airport community.community.

Write a policy that has the support of Top Management and Write a policy that has the support of Top Management and have them sign-off on that policy.have them sign-off on that policy.

Effectively advise all tenants of the Effectively advise all tenants of the airport community of The Policy and airport community of The Policy and get commitments from each get commitments from each community members management community members management sector to establish a chain of sector to establish a chain of command.command.

Examples of typical chain of commands in Examples of typical chain of commands in the Airport Community…the Airport Community…

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Ensure that the policy is being adhered to by communicating Ensure that the policy is being adhered to by communicating the policy through the FOD Committee then report progress to the policy through the FOD Committee then report progress to management.management.

Participate in Participate in quarterly quarterly FOD FOD Meetings and Meetings and awareness awareness campaigns…campaigns…

The Airline’s impact on FOD…The Airline’s impact on FOD…

Airlines generate Airlines generate much of the FOD much of the FOD found on the found on the Airside through Airside through their operations their operations and those of their and those of their support functions…support functions…

……FOD Policy and FOD Policy and Tenant Tenant Agreements will Agreements will state the user state the user responsible for responsible for cleaning specific cleaning specific areas on the SIDA.areas on the SIDA.

EXAMPLES OF FOD AT EXAMPLES OF FOD AT AIRPORTS:AIRPORTS:

It can be a piece of It can be a piece of newspaper, hats, newspaper, hats, pens, coins sheared-pens, coins sheared-off bolts, pieces of off bolts, pieces of luggage, light wands, luggage, light wands, a bag of blankets or a bag of blankets or audio headsets, audio headsets, concrete, rocks and concrete, rocks and even wildlife just to even wildlife just to name a few name a few examples….examples….

Bottom Line:Bottom Line:

FOD CAUSES SERIOUS SAFETY FOD CAUSES SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERNS AND COST CONCERNS AND COST AIRLINES MILLONS OF AIRLINES MILLONS OF DOLLARS PER YEARDOLLARS PER YEAR

Initiate an Annual FOD Walk with the participation Initiate an Annual FOD Walk with the participation of Top management for continual FOD awareness in of Top management for continual FOD awareness in the airport community.the airport community.

Management participating in awards given Management participating in awards given to employees to place the importance of to employees to place the importance of FOD awareness in the airport communityFOD awareness in the airport community

The ATL FOD Committee is The ATL FOD Committee is looking forward to the looking forward to the planning phase of FOD planning phase of FOD Awareness Awards in Awareness Awards in conjunction with HJAIA conjunction with HJAIA Executive Management.Executive Management.

Thanks For Your Attention!Thanks For Your Attention!