The Information Sharing Initiative: An Overview of the Distributed National Aviation Safety Action Program Archive

1. The Information Sharing Initiative:An Overview of the Distributed National Aviation Safety Action Program Archive Michelle L. Harper University of Texas at Austin Human Factors Research Project

2. Need for ASAP information sharing program Industry/FAA Voluntary Aviation Safety Information-sharing Process (VASIP) asked University of Texas to develop and demonstrate an ASAP information sharing program Requested by: ALPA Airline collaborators FAA Requirements Create national ASAP data sharing program to support proactive identification and analysis of safety issues at industry level. Enable any airline with an active ASAP program to participate in sharing of de-identified ASAP information Support VASIP approved requests for querying national ASAP archive VASIP ASAP Aviation Rule Making Committee Designed to provide means for aviation industry and FAA sharing of safety-related information to proactively identify, analyze and correct safety issues Oversees and approves development of a technical process to extract de-identified safety data from any participating airline FOQA and ASAP programs, and acts as gatekeeper to distributed archive NASA identified as having the institutional background, resources and personnel capable of developing this technical aggregation framework, as well as the analytical tools to support the process VASIP ASAP Aviation Rule Making Committee Designed to provide means for aviation industry and FAA sharing of safety-related information to proactively identify, analyze and correct safety issues Oversees and approves development of a technical process to extract de-identified safety data from any participating airline FOQA and ASAP programs, and acts as gatekeeper to distributed archive NASA identified as having the institutional background, resources and personnel capable of developing this technical aggregation framework, as well as the analytical tools to support the process

3. ASAP Challenges Multiple data collection formats U. Texas TEM FAA sponsored format - IFQASys Several unique internal airline formats Data must be federally protected ASAP data is content rich De-identification must ensure airline and pilot protection Archive functionality: Search for like events across industry Support confirmatory and exploratory analysis No cost/limited impact to participating airlines 90% not known outside of cockpit Airlines extremely protective over data, dirty laundry Critical ASAP event data tends to be small n 5 internal documented formats Many classification fields non-comparable across systems Reports based on free text Each airline has a unique system for collecting, categorizing, reviewing and processing Most airlines are overwhelmed with the amount of data coming into ASAP Need for both text analysis and categorization of data What do we want the archive to be able to tell us? 90% not known outside of cockpit Airlines extremely protective over data, dirty laundry Critical ASAP event data tends to be small n 5 internal documented formats Many classification fields non-comparable across systems Reports based on free text Each airline has a unique system for collecting, categorizing, reviewing and processing Most airlines are overwhelmed with the amount of data coming into ASAP Need for both text analysis and categorization of data What do we want the archive to be able to tell us?

4. Distributed National ASAP Archive (DNAA) Entered into cooperative agreement with NASA to develop/implement the DNAA Hardware, software, and networking infrastructure Based on a distributed-concept archive Supports sharing of de-identified ASAP data Two-year demonstration project Jointly funded by NASA and FAA 22 months demonstration project Assembling, developing and demonstrating No single individual holds archiveAssembling, developing and demonstrating No single individual holds archive

5. VASIP NASA Ames Research Center University of Texas 10 participating airlines � supporting ASAP and FOQA data sharing Why UT 2+ year working relationship with 5 large airlines in development of web-based ASAP data collection tools Data collection tools based on Threat and Error Management Established 3rd party with long standing relationship with airline safety managers Project being developed in conjunction with FOQA archive � FOQA archive work started 12 months prior 22 month development and demonstration period Key Players 3 of 5 airlines large carriers3 of 5 airlines large carriers

6. Explain network structure Explain TEM ASAP tools Common database structure Online pilot reporting ASAP manager editing Web-based ERC review and critique Explain network structure Explain TEM ASAP tools Common database structure Online pilot reporting ASAP manager editing Web-based ERC review and critique

7. Explain network structure Explain TEM ASAP tools Common database structure Online pilot reporting ASAP manager editing Web-based ERC review and critique Explain network structure Explain TEM ASAP tools Common database structure Online pilot reporting ASAP manager editing Web-based ERC review and critique

8. Explain network structure Explain TEM ASAP tools Common database structure Online pilot reporting ASAP manager editing Web-based ERC review and critique Explain network structure Explain TEM ASAP tools Common database structure Online pilot reporting ASAP manager editing Web-based ERC review and critique

9. Two-year Demonstration Project: YR1 Build and test infrastructure for distributed archive for 5 ASAP airlines ASAP Data Aggregation Working Group Developed common ASAP fields list Providing feedback for ASAP �rules and procedures� development YR2 Demonstrate DNAA functionality Increase to 10 ASAP airlines � including airlines with unique data structures Support VASIP requests for DNAA queries Test alternative search and analysis strategies Text analysis Develop algorithms for de-identification at airline level UT has installed ASAP data collection tools at 5 airlines. Data collection tools include on-line Pilot reporting form and ASAP Manager tools. Text analyss tools Basic text based search programs Preliminary development work on text analysis tools to provide integrity check for airline provided categorizations. Goal to create and analyze DNAA archive through combination of search and analysis tools based on: Categorized data Text analysis Working group subject matter expertise Demonstrate network and software based infrastructure that can be used to support distributed data sharing initiatives. Develop algorithms for de-identification at airline level UT has installed ASAP data collection tools at 5 airlines. Data collection tools include on-line Pilot reporting form and ASAP Manager tools. Text analyss tools Basic text based search programs Preliminary development work on text analysis tools to provide integrity check for airline provided categorizations. Goal to create and analyze DNAA archive through combination of search and analysis tools based on: Categorized data Text analysis Working group subject matter expertise Demonstrate network and software based infrastructure that can be used to support distributed data sharing initiatives.

10. Distributed National Aviation Safety Action Program Archive  DNAA Michelle L. Harper University of Texas at Austin Human Factors Research Project mlharper@mail.utexas.edu