Safety Session Schedule

HAI Rotor Safety Challenge Schedule

The HAI Rotor Safety Challenge features educational events on a wide range of safety topics designed specifically for helicopter professionals. All events are free to registered HELI-EXPO 2013 attendees and exhibitors and will be held in the North Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center.

You can attend Rotor Safety Challenge events a la carte or “take the challenge” and attend at least six of the 45 forums, workshops, sessions, and other events.

The Rotor Safety Challenge sessions are organized into four safety tracks:

Rotor Safety Challenge attendees can earn credit toward either the FAA Wings or Aviation Maintenance Technician programs by attending a related session in one of the four safety tracks. You can preregister at faasafety.gov (search for keyword Rotor Safety Challenge) or by signing in on the FAA registration roster at the session.

Below is the HAI Rotor Safety Challenge schedule at HELI-EXPO 2013. Click on the session name to learn more about the content and instructor. You can also download and print the entire schedule or review the sessions available for each track.

Monday, March 4, 2013
8:00 am – 10:00 am
HAI Safety Symposium	Presented by the HAI Safety Committee	Room N245
8:00 am – 10:30 am
IHST Infrastructure Workshop		Room N102
10:30 am – 12:30 pm
IHST SMS and Decision Making Workshop		Room N102
1:30 pm – 5:30 pm
IHST Accident Intervention		Room N102
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
8:30 am – 9:30 am
Human Factors: Your Role in Accident Prevention Maintenance/Technical Issues Track	Cathy Landry, Northrop Rice Aviation Training Solutions	Room N253
NextGen Flight Deck Technology for Runway Incursions Flight Operations Track	Robert Joslin, FAA	Room N255
Max Impact: A Story of Survival Safety Culture/Leadership Track	Jonathan Godfrey, EMSflightcrew.com	Room N259
Safety Management Systems: Truth or Dare? Safety Management Track	Shawn Coyle and Peter Ireland, Marinvent Corp.	Room N261
9:30 am – 11:30 am
Safety Committee Town Hall	Presented by the HAI Safety Committee	Room N119
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Safety Directors Forum	Presented by the HAI Safety Committee	Room N119
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Fuel: The Lifeblood of Your Aircraft Maintenance/Technical Issues Track	Walter Chartrand, Aviation Training Academy	Room N253
Understanding TFRs and NextGen Flight Operations Track	Howard Sapp, FAA	Room N255
SMS for Small Fleet or Private Operators Safety Management Track	Bryan Smith, IHST JHSIT Safety Management Systems Committee	Room N259
Using a System Description to Understand Your Risk Safety Management Track	Sonya Tietjen, Gael Ltd.	Room N261
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Rotor Rooter: Rooting for Autorotational Success Flight Operations Track	Steven Sparks, FAA	Room N253
Flight Risk Analysis Tools Safety Management Track	Chris Fishell, PRISM Solutions	Room N255
Creating a Just Culture – How Do We Get There? Safety Culture/Leadership Track	Eileen Frazer and Dudley Smith, CAMTS	Room N259
Developing and Utilizing Lead Indicators in SMS Safety Management Track	Bryan Smith, ALEA	Room N261
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Safety Management Through Flight Data Monitoring Safety Management Track	Stuart Lau, Aviation Safety Consultant	Room N253
CRM for the Single-Pilot Operator Flight Operations Track	Chris Fishell, PRISM Solutions	Room N255
Maximizing HITS Wins the Game Safety Management Track	Sunshine McCarthy, Baldwin Aviation	Room N259
Scenario-Based Training for Pilot Decision Making Flight Operations Track	Katherine Hilst, Safety Design Consulting LLC	Room N261
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
8:30 am – 9:30 am
Strategies for Fatigue Management Safety Culture/Leadership Track	Richard Komarniski, Grey Owl Aviation Consultants Inc.	Room N253
Training Safety or Training Safely Flight Operations Track	Nick Mayhew, IHST JHSIT Training Working Group	Room N255
Accident Causation Safety Management Track	Lance Hofmann, EagleMed LLC	Room N259
Post-Incident Survival: Ditching and Egress Training Safety Management Track	Jon Ehm, Survival Systems USA Inc.	Room N261
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Effective Leadership: Your Role as Supervisor Safety Culture/Leadership Track	Cathy Landry, Northrop Rice Aviation Training Solutions	Room N253
Aeronautical Knowledge vs. What Pilots Should Know Flight Operations Track	Scott Burgess, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University	Room N255
What Pilots and Mechanics Should Know About Air Medical Operations Safety Management Track	Eileen Frazer and Dudley Smith, CAMTS	Room N259
Helicopter HUMS Case Studies Maintenance/Technical Issues Track	Murdock Welborn and Rob Richardson, Honeywell Aerospace	Room N261
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Helicopter Performance Flight Operations Track	Bob Thorson, FAA	Room N255
Safety Issues in Helicopter Maintenance Maintenance/Technical Issues Track	Kristi Dunks, NTSB	Room N261
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Spatial Disorientation / Flying on Night-Vision Goggles Flight Operations Track	Rich Weber, Jacksonville Sheriff’s Aviation Unit	Room N253
How to Manage Your Condition-Based Maintenance Program Maintenance/Technical Issues Track	Daniel Green, IHST JHSIT HFDM Industry Working Group – HUMS Project Team	Room N255
Ask the IS-BAO Auditor Safety Management Track	Walter Kraujalis, AeronomX LLC	Room N259
Quantum Safety Metrics Safety Management Track	D. Smith, USDOT TSI	Room N261
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Enhanced Synthetic Vision Systems Flight Operations Track	Stan Rose, HAI	Room N253
WAAS/LPV and Low-Level Helicopter IFR Routes Flight Operations Track	Craig Lunaas, Hickok & Associates, Inc., and Paul Austin, Metro Aviation Inc. Frank Erdman, Dartmouth-Hickok Advanced Response Team	Room N255
The Business Case for Safety Safety Management Track	David Eherts, Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation	Room N259
Analysis Techniques for Helicopter Flight Data Recordings Safety Management Track	Alan Barclay, University of Aberdeen, Electric Scribe Ltd	Room N261
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Operational Risk Management: Beyond the Planning Flight Operations Track	Dan Deutermann and Rick Christoffersen, The Squadron	Room N253
Rotor Blade Preventive Maintenance Maintenance/Technical Issues Track	Dana Kerrick, International Aviation Composites, Ltd.	Room N255
Incident/Accident Response for the Management Team Safety Culture/Leadership Track	Richard J. Leveridge and David Nadler, Dickstein Shapiro LLP	Room N259
Breaking the Accident Chain: FAA Case Scenario Safety Management Track	Jim Slattery and Jerry Henry, Sandel Avionics	Room N261
Thursday, March 7, 2013
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Why SMS in Maintenance? Workshop Maintenance/Technical Issues Track	Presented by the HAI Technical Committee	Room N253