{"id":15162,"date":"2021-10-08T09:22:20","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T13:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/?p=15162"},"modified":"2021-10-08T09:22:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T13:22:20","slug":"kazakhstan-improving-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/kazakhstan-improving-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Kazakhstan: Improving Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kazakhstan have been working with the UK CAA and ICAO to improve their safety and compliance<\/strong>, and they\u2019ve done well. ICAO\u2019s recent audit of them, in August, noted an 84% effective implementation of ICAO standards and recommended practices.<\/p>\n

So, what does this mean for you practically if you are operating into Kazakstan?<\/p>\n

Some background info for you<\/h4>\n

Before all this, they were not doing so well.<\/p>\n

The previous audit carried out in 2016 had them scoring pretty poorly on a bunch of areas, most noticeably their Civil Aviation Organisation<\/strong> was lacking and their Accident Investigation<\/strong> skills were poor, both scoring less than 50%. The operational impact of this was safety – a lack of information to operators and crew, and a lack of regulation and oversight.<\/p>\n

Their<\/strong> Aerodromes and Radio Aids<\/strong> also fell short, scoring 60%. Which probably meant you would often see Notams advising of unserviceability, and potentially reduced approach or low visibility capabilities at airports, amongst other things.<\/p>\n

And now?<\/h4>\n

Now they are 15% higher than the global average.<\/p>\n

To improve their audit rankings they have done things like implement:<\/p>\n