Safety Leadership, improving IOSA and meeting operational challenges top safety conference agenda

Safety Leadership, improving IOSA and meeting operational challenges top safety conference agenda

Dubai – Safety Leadership is in focus at the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) 2022 Safety Conference, which opened today in Dubai, UAE, under the theme of “Emerging Stronger – Safely Transforming to a More Resilient Tomorrow,” with Emirates as the host airline.

“Safety begins at the top. Aviation executives need to demonstrate safety leadership and a strong commitment to a positive safety culture and then ensure that vision is conveyed across the entire organization. This is critical to ensuring continued high levels of safety as the industry emerges from the turbulence and disruption of the last two years and demand for air travel accelerates,” said Nick Careen, IATA’s Senior Vice President, Operations, Safety and Security. IATA has developed a Safety Leadership Charter in consultation with IATA members, and the wider aviation community, to support executives in growing a positive safety culture within their organizations that enhances safety performance and operational resilience.

Also high on the agenda at the Safety Conference is the evolution of the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) towards a risk-based model under which audits will be tailored to each airline’s risk profile. IOSA is a requirement for membership in IATA and safety data confirm that in aggregate, airlines