1. FAA Strategic Planning Flight Plan Update James Ballough Director, Flight Standards Service November 2004 Flight Standards Service

2. November 2004 2 FAA Flight Plan Goals Four basic goals: –Increased Safety –Greater Capacity –International Leadership –Organizational Excellence Flight Standards Service

3. November 2004 3 Safety Accomplishments Safety is FAA’s primary mission :  Goal to achieve lowest possible accident rate and to constantly improve safety accomplished through: –Three year average commercial accident rate of 0.22 per 100,000 departures –Reduction in accidents in Alaska –Decline in runway incursions, including most serious runway incursions Flight Standards Service

4. November 2004 4 Capacity Accomplishments Goal to work with local governments and airspace users to provide airspace system capacity that meets projected demand in environmentally sound manner addressed by: –Adding new airport runways which has a direct impact on increasing capacity to include Houston and Orlando –Working with carriers serving major metropolitan areas and corridors that most affect total system delays such as carriers serving Chicago O’Hare Flight Standards Service

5. November 2004 5 International Leadership Accomplishments Goal to increase safety and capacity of global civil aerospace system in environmentally sound manner accomplished through: –Three new bilateral agreements with Brazil, Singapore, and Iceland –Increased technical and financial assistance to developing countries - Helping Afghanistan and Iraq rebuild aviation systems –Collaboration with ICAO to ensure adoption of economically sound environmental standards Flight Standards Service

6. November 2004 6 Organizational Excellence Accomplishments Goal to ensure the success of the agency’s mission through stronger leadership, better trained workforce, enhanced cost control measures and improved decision making based on reliable data accomplished by: –Continuing to implement an automated financial management system –Providing training to our executives, managers and employees Flight Standards Service

7. November 2004 7 Flight Standards  Is key player in supporting FAA’s four goals areas of Safety, Capacity, International Leadership, and Organizational Excellence.  Has safety as primary goal.  Will continue to improve oversight of air carriers, training centers and repair stations while enforcing safety regulations targeting areas posing greatest risk to safety. Flight Standards Service

8. November 2004 8 Flight Standards Support of The Flight Plan Safety:  Supported initiatives to reduce runway incursions  Improved information sharing between Airlines and the FAA  Explored innovative and effective ways of training our safety workforce  Prepared for new aviation technologies Flight Standards Service

9. November 2004 9 Flight Standards Support of The Flight Plan Capacity:  Supported initiatives to mitigate impact of weather on capacity  Supported development of new technologies and processes to increase capacity, to include development of RNP/RNAV Criteria for all phases of flight Flight Standards Service

10. November 2004 10 Flight Standards Support of the Flight Plan International:  Provided technical assistance and training to foreign aviation authorities  Built international partnerships  Promoted global standards Flight Standards Service

11. November 2004 11 Flight Standards Support of The Flight Plan Organizational Excellence:  Improved business practices (ISO Certification)  Implemented better methods of monitoring organizational performance Flight Standards Service

12. November 2004 12 FAA FY 2005-2009 Draft Flight Plan Next Steps:  Review internal and external stakeholders comments  Revise goal initiatives, activities, and performance measures  Add FAA core values to the plan  Finalize the plan – October 2004 Flight Standards Service