Here’s a look at some of the main ones…<\/p>\n
The Speed of the Recovery<\/h4>\n
Business is booming, the world is travelling again, and operators are making up for lost time \u2013 cash flow has never been more welcome.<\/p>\n
But herein lies the problem. The sheer speed at which things have started up again is a threat. The primary issue EASA identifies is that the industry just isn\u2019t keeping up with the pace of change.<\/strong> We\u2019re not managing things as well as we should. And they smell risk – with a delayed fuse…<\/p>\n There is currently a lack of qualified operational staff<\/strong> across the board. This isn\u2019t just limited to pilots either \u2013 cabin crew, engineers and air traffic controllers to name a few are all in hot demand. And for the ones already employed and working, fatigue<\/strong> is becoming a major concern.<\/p>\n For new ones, lack of experience<\/strong> is likely to emerge more often in incident and accident reports. EASA are worried about the lack of time and resources to train them all at the pace the industry is demanding of them. The problem with this is that the safety impact may not be immediately obvious but could emerge later.<\/p>\n Is there a risk that new pilots aren’t receiving enough training in the skills that the industry knows they must have and need?<\/p><\/div>\n But it isn\u2019t just people. It is the tools they use \u2013 there is a significant shortage of aircraft<\/strong> and the parts needed to fix them. Supply chain problems<\/strong> are leading to cancelled flights and maintenance delays. Carriers are increasingly turning to old and retired aircraft in storage to fill the void as order lists for new ones fill up.<\/p>\n A busy and overloaded system is a vulnerable<\/strong> one, and this leaves aviation at risk from those who want to harm it. There have been several instances of this reported in the past months. EASA are concerned that the busy peak season may put aviation in the firing line for digital criminals who are capable of wreaking havoc on Europe’s skies.<\/p>\n All of those aircraft need room in the sky and the airways system will be pushed to capacity. That means delays and difficulty securing slots, further exacerbating two major safety elephants in the room \u2013 commercial pressure,<\/strong> and fatigue.<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s not just operational staff who feel the heat. Passengers dealing with delays, strikes or other inconveniences to their travel plans may act up.<\/p>\n In fact, it is a becoming a major problem worldwide. Just weeks ago IATA put out a new report<\/a> showing that the number of cases of unruly pax had almost doubled year-on-year after the pandemic.<\/p>\n Disruptive passengers are becoming more and more of an issue.<\/p><\/div>\n EASA may have concerns for Europe, but the lessons in their bulletin apply broadly as the industry accelerates away from the nastiness of the past few years. In our enthusiasm to see better times, we need to be aware of the threats<\/strong> that we may be steadily introducing. And this simple document<\/a> is a good place to start.<\/p>\n Inside it has important suggestions for what a bunch of stakeholders (including operators!) can do to start mitigating these threats now, to avoid the fallout later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In 2020, the industry fell off a cliff as the world went into hiding. Things…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":22637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[64,217],"class_list":{"0":"post-22632","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-briefings","8":"tag-easa","9":"tag-europe"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22632"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22652,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22632\/revisions\/22652"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Shortages of People and Things<\/h4>\n
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Cyber Attacks<\/h4>\n
Lack of Capacity<\/h4>\n
Disruptive Passengers<\/h4>\n
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It’s Not Just Europe<\/h4>\n