In response to the Transportation Safety Board’s report Raising the Bar on Safety: Reducing the Risks Associated with Air-taxi Operations in Canada, Transport Canada’s Civil Aviation Branch launched an air taxi safety campaign to address this recommendation:
"An important step in raising the bar on safety in air‐taxi operations is getting clients, passengers, crews, and operators not to accept unsafe practices even when there seems to be a sufficient safety margin, and to speak up to prevent them from happening. This requires strategies, promotion, and education tailored to the sector to change values, attitudes, and behaviours and create a culture where unsafe practices are considered unacceptable.
Therefore, the Board recommends that the Department of Transport collaborate with industry associations to develop strategies, education products, and tools to help air‐taxi operators and their clients eliminate the acceptance of unsafe practices. TSB Recommendation A19‐02”
Although there are regulations for air-taxi operations, there are non-regulatory alternatives that can be used to positively influence safety within the sector, with the goal of reducing the acceptance of unsafe practices.
The goal of the air taxi safety campaign is to develop strategies that will reduce accidents and incidents in the air-taxi industry by promoting a positive safety culture through safety promotion and awareness initiatives where unsafe practices are unacceptable.
We will create a series of working groups based on the following themes:
- safety pressures
- operating pressures
- sector pressures
These working groups are a way for Transport Canada to actively engage with the aviation community, support best practices, and reduce the risks in the air taxi sector.
You can access free safety guidance materials, tools and resources using below.
Posters
Be weather wise
(PDF 408 Kb, 8.5" x 11")
Text description of the poster
This poster shows dark rain clouds with a windsock to measure wind speed and direction. It also includes the following text:
It’s deadly to minimize bad weather
- Cancel or delay the flight
- Respect the limits, yours and your aircraft’s
- Expect the worst, plan ahead, consider all your options
You always have a choice
Aviation safety starts here
(PDF 1.07 Mb, 8.5" x 11")
Text description of the poster
The poster is separated by three images. Top shows a person reading aviation safety guidelines, the bottom left shows a magnifying glass on top of a map and the bottom right shows a green aviation headset. This poster also includes the following text: Aviation Safety starts here.
Aviation safety starts here
(PDF 418 Kb, 8.5" x 11")
Text description of the poster
The poster is showing three separate images of people inspecting aircrafts. This poster also includes the following text: Aviation Safety starts here.
They didn't make the meeting
(PDF 358 Kb, 8.5" x 11")
Text description of the poster
The top image of the poster shows an empty conference room table. The bottom image shows an aircraft nose down in water. It also includes the following text:
Flying in bad weather can mean a dead end.
Don't let outside pressures of flying in unsafe conditions bring you down.
Cancel or delay the flight.
Remember...
You always have a choice
Aviation Safety Letter articles
- IFR phraseology guide
- The vertical challenge
- Aircraft ground icing operations
- Challenges during localizer performance with vertical guidance (LPV) approach procedures
- Introduction to threat and error management