HOW DO I GET ASAP?
1. Contact us to assess the current status of ASAP for your organization.
2. Obtain buy-in from your MAJCOM and MDS stakeholders. A safety culture should exist in your organization that rewards the reporting of errors and hazards, versus one that either hides errors or that punishes those who err.
3. Work with us to customize (if required) an ASAP reporting form for your MDS and mission.
4. Establish an event review and risk management process for dealing with ASAP submissions.
HOW IS ASAP DIFFERENT FROM CLASS E HIGH ACCIDENT POTENTIAL (HAP) EVENT REPORTING?
ASAP is very useful in capturing those threats and errors that do not meet HAP reporting criteria. We know from the multicausality principle of mishap investigation that it is commonly a combination of events that produce mishaps. Seemingly minor threats, when mismanaged, can engender a mishap chain. ASAP can help detect those organizational and incidental issues that seem minor, even annoyances, but that can produce distraction or interference at the wrong time, resulting in mishaps or undesirable events. ASAP also protects the identity of those who submit reports, sometimes fostering increased candor and frequency of reporting of hazards by certain individuals.
WHO USES ASAP?
Since the Air Force program started in 2009, we have received over 400 reports from operators and maintainers of 14 different MDS. Currently over 50 airlines use ASAP in the U.S., producing approximately 50,000 reports every year. The U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and numerous allied air forces use ASAP or similar voluntary reporting programs. Globally, over 105 airlines use ASAP-style initiatives that have yielded over 500,000 reports. That's half-a-million identified threats and errors to aircraft safety!
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