GENERAL INTRODUCTION
TO
FLIGHT DATA MONITORING (FDM)
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GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO FDM
GOALS:
• To understand why implement FDM
• To estimate FDM Benefits
TARGETED AUDIENCE:
• Any new AGS user
• FDM Manager
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AGENDA
1. Why implement FDM?
2. FDM Benefits
3. The approach to a FDM system
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1. Why implement FDM?
Today's unreported occurrences may become tomorrow's incidents/Accidents.
The airlines are under constant pressure to reduce accident and incident rates,
while optimizing costs to remain competitive
Flight Data Monitoring (FDM):
• an efficient solution to this challenge
• based on daily flight data analysis to promote the early detection of situations
requiring corrective actions.
• offers the ability to track and evaluate flight operations trends, identify risk
precursors, and take the appropriate remedial action
FDM strongly contributes to increased flight safety and operational efficiency
FDM is also called FODM (Flight Operations Data Management) or FOQA (Flight
Operations Quality Assurance)
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1. Why implement FDM?
Main Reasons for implementing Flight Data Monitoring
Regulatory FDM requirement to comply with Authorities (by 2005)
Main Benefits of FDM:
• Increased safety
• Operational improvements
• More focused training
But also
• Fuel savings
• Engine Condition Monitoring
• Reduced maintenance costs
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2. FDM Benefits
Prevention of major incidents and accidents and reduction of their
associated costs:
• reduction of material losses and insurance costs
• keep passengers' confidence
Improved operating procedures:
• the knowledge of potential risks
• the ability for the pilots to get trained to recognize these risks
• minimizing the assessed risks
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2. FDM Benefits
Improved fuel consumption:
• fuel is part of an airline's direct operating costs
• ability to identify unusually high fuel burn
• make adjustments to specific aircraft
Reduction in unnecessary maintenance and repairs:
• constant aircraft monitoring
• reduction of unscheduled maintenance
• lower maintenance costs and increase of aircraft availability
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3. The approach to a FDM system
Data from an aircraft is first analysed to identify any exceedances
(events) according to flight manual limitations/flight operation
procedures
The FDM system is based on a sophisticated software used by an
engineer (flight data analyst) to display flight data and confirm the
events validity
The flight safety officer further then investigates the circumstances
behind the event
The FDM system is also based on a database management used to
store all the events to identify trends before there is a significant
incident
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