Getting At The Problem

The GAJSC, like its airline counterpart the Commercial Aviation Safety Team (CAST), was established in the 1990s. According to its Web site, GAJSC works to improve general aviation safety through data-driven risk reduction efforts that focus on education, training, and enabling new equipment in general aviation aircraft. The CAST has been spectacularly successful in its efforts, as evidenced by an 80-percent reduction in airline fatal accident rates.

Key Takeaways:

• The General Aviation Joint Steering Committee (GAJSC) was established to improve GA safety, but unlike its airline counterpart (CAST), general aviation accident rates remained stagnant from 2002-2011.
• To boost accident reduction, the FAA and industry reinvigorated the GAJSC, tasking it with a data-driven approach to safety.
• The GAJSC formed a Loss of Control (LOC) Work Group, which analyzed LOC accidents during approach/landing and departure/en route in two phases.
• This group developed non-regulatory "safety enhancements" based on their analysis, aimed at reducing fatal LOC accidents.

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