Flight Operations Quality Assurance

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Flight Operations Quality Assurance (FOQA) is a safety program designed to make aviation safer by allowing aircraft operators, pilots, maintenance crews and engineers to share and analyze de-identified aggregated information as downloaded from the existing Digital Flight Data Recorder (FDR) installed on many aircraft. FOQA analysis provides deep access to rich flight data of aircraft operational and health information and presenting it in an easy-to-understand format. This well-organized information allows users to identify flights and procedures that require further review. Aircraft operators get instant access to past and current flight data enabling detailed reports while identifying trends. 

Benefits of Implementing a FOQA Program:

• Identify significant unsafe events allowing the operator to take appropriate action

• Perform trend analysis to highlight safety issues

• Benchmark your operations against a global database

• Focus training in specific areas (enhanced evidence-based training)

• Minimize unscheduled Aircraft on Ground (AOG) time

• Empower maintenance department to have access to data within minutes of landing

• Enable rapid diagnosis of issues and faster release of aircraft

Key Features of FOQA

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     Aircraft performance information that is recorded on a Digital Flight Data Recorder is utilized by a FOQA program in an active manner to identify trends in flight operations while also providing health monitoring of aircraft systems, power plants and aerodynamic performance. Thousands of flight parameter data points are downloaded via a data retrieval device known as a Quick Access Recorder (QAR) or from the FDR itself. 

    FDR, automatically records many parameters of data from past flights and makes it easy for transmission to FOQA service providers for decoding, analysis, and reporting services. Many FOQA reports utilize innovative graphic visualizations of flight activity for easy interpretation of the vast amounts of data now available to be reviewed. This data is immediately reviewed against the historical records of like-type aircraft and/or flight operations for direct comparisons of aircraft performance. 





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