Duties and Responsibilities of DCA on cabin safety issue

1. Duties and Responsibilities of DCA on cabin safety issue 2 - 3 October 2008, 10th Steering Committee Meeting, Macau Thipsuda Chiamcharoenvut, Department of Civil Aviation, THA

2. Cabin Safety Seminar • Held on 22 – 24 April 2008 • ICAO, Bangkok

3. The Flight Operations Inspection Division Introduction • Regular surveillance of the operational aspects of all Air Transport Operators in order to ensure safe and efficient commercial air transport services in the country. • The Division is responsible for carry out Surveillance Inspection of the system and Certification Checks of aircrew as a part of its regular inspection program. • Responsible for carrying out all of the Safety Oversight Responsibilities assigned by the ICAO and its Annexes.

4. Assessment of Air Operators LEGAL ASSESSMENT TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT • Financial resources • Route structure • Traffic studies • Management structure • .. and more • Operation manual • Maintenance manual • Flight Operations manual • Cabin Crew manual • Dispatcher manual • Dangerous Goods manual • .. and more

5. Cabin Safety

6. Training Program Inspections Areas • To ensure that the operator’s overall training program continues to provide quality instruction by conducting an evaluation of the training program, curriculums, facilities, instructors, courseware, instructional delivery method, testing, checking procedures which were previously approved by DCA. • Depending on operator’s size, aircraft fleet, number of crew members, training locations and scope of operation.

7. Training Program Inspections Areas • Training manual or Curriculums • Courseware • Instructional delivery methods • Testing and Checking

8. Ground Phrase Academic Training • ICAO DOC 7192 Part E1 and Thai DCA Announcement on Cabin Crew Training Program • Example subjects include: • Aircraft Components • Duties and Responsibilities of Cabin Crew • Physiology of Flight • Dangerous Goods • Human Factor • Emergency Procedures

9. Ground Phrase Emergency Practical Training • ICAO DOC 7192 Part E1 and Thai DCA Announcement on Cabin Crew Training Program • Practical drills include: • Wet drill • Fire drill • Slide drill • Emergency evacuation • Aircraft Familiarization (Aircraft visit)

10. Emergency Practical Drill Wet Drill Wet Drill Both at Thai Airways Training Center

11. Emergency Practical Drill Fire Drill Fire Drill Both at Thai Airways Training Center

12. Emergency Practical Drill Slide Drill Slide Drill At Thai Airways Training Center

13. Emergency Practical Drill Aircraft Visit Aircraft Visit

14. Flight Phrase On Job Training • Operators’ responsibility to monitor newly trained Cabin crew onboard the aircraft • Minimum 6 sectors before released • In-company final assessment • Cabin Crew Certificate, issued by Air Operator, signed by DCA

15. Cabin Crew Certificate

16. Flight Phrase Cabin En-route Inspection • Frequency of operational Inspections by DCA • At least 4 scheduled inspections annually per airline • Areas of inspection • Aircraft • Crewmember • Flight Conduct

17. Flight Phrase Recurrent Training • As required by Thai DCA Announcement on Cabin Crew Training Program (Recurrent) • Once every year and record are kept in personal log book • Example subjects include: • Duties and Responsibilities of Cabin Crew • Physiology of Flight • Dangerous Goods • Human Factor • Emergency Procedures • Emergency drills • First aid

18. Conclusions

19. Thank you very much