1. Boeing’s Perspective on FCF Risk Mitigation
Captain Gary Meiser
Chief Pilot, Production Flight Test
Boeing Test and Evaluation
Presentation to the
Flight Safety Foundation, Functional Check Flight Symposium, Vancouver, BC
8-9 February, 2011
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2. Flight Test Risk Mitigation
Safety Culture
Structured
Policies
Procedures
Select Personnel
Clear Expectations
Elements of a Successful Operation
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3. Safety comes first First Operating Principle
Foundation for Policies and Processes
History of Success
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4. Safety Culture Learning Organization Risk Management Concepts
Organizational structure
Team of airplane model Lead Pilots and Systems Operators
Drive distribution of information
Sharing of information and “Lessons Learned”
Aircrew meetings
Blogs
Risk Management Concepts
Safety Program
Training Program
High Standards
Operational Flight Test Excellence
Motivated, capable, and experienced flight crews
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5. Safety Culture Integrity Cooperation and Collaboration
Open and Honest communication
Management support for flight crew decisions
Cooperation and Collaboration
Manufacturing
Engineering
Flight Test
Customer
Industry
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6. Maintenance Processes
Partnership is critical
Airplane Maintenance Crew as important as Flight Crew
Approved procedures
Detailed documentation of work performed
Engineering Analysis and Assistance
Communication
Airplane Configuration
Flight Crew Notification Form
Open and Honest dialogue
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7. Operating Procedures Flight Test Aircrew Guide
Flight Operations Policies
Weather minimums
Daylight requirements
Flight Crew Duty Limits
Production Flight Test Procedures
Production Flight Test Crew
Pilots
Production Captain
Production First Officer
Systems Operator
Flight Analyst
Four person flight crew improve:
Combined Technical Knowledge
Situational Awareness
Error Management
Safety
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8. Risk Management Minimum Flight Crew
Minimize Unnecessary Flight Testing
Eliminate testing for testing sake
Normal flight profile
start, taxi, takeoff, climb, cruise, descent, approach and landing
appropriate for most functional check flight scenarios
Do Not Deviate from Established Procedures
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9. Communication Processes
Flight Test Airplane Release
Accurate discrepancy documentation
Flight Crew brief and debrief
Post-flight face-to-face debrief
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10. Flight Test Aircrew Experience Flight Test Training
Technical Education
Aviation
Flight Test
Flight Test Training
Academic
Simulator
Proficiency paced Flight Test Training syllabus
Crew Resource / Threat and Error Management
Flight Crew Currency requirements
Airplane Currency
Test Proficiency
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11. Plan the Flight – Fly the Plan
Test Expectations
Test Planning
“What”?
Objective
Airplane Configuration
“Why” – flight test?
Necessary
Required
“How” – test procedures?
Test Results
Pass/fail criteria
“Knock-it-off” limits
Troubleshooting
Use extreme caution and understand possible consequences
Plan the Flight – Fly the Plan
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12. Boeing Flight Test Risk Mitigation
Qualified Flight Crews
Organization focused on safety and quality
Established guidelines and procedures
Resulting in safe and successful operations
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13. Boeing Flight Test Risk Mitigation
Boeing has created “Generic” Flight Test Profiles accessible to operators through their “myboeingfleet” accounts.
Current profiles to be posted on myboeingfleet:
737NG
757
767
777
Profiles in development (will be posted soon):
/400/500
No additional profiles planned at this time
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