Airport Safety Oversight

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What is the primary goal of a safety oversight system in an airport?

  • To cancel NOTAMs without resolution
  • To identify and quickly resolve safety issues (correct)
  • To achieve zero deficiencies
  • To reduce the number of inspections

What should airport operations personnel do when they identify unsatisfactory conditions during inspections?

  • Report the condition to regulators
  • Correct the condition immediately
  • Bring the condition to the attention of supervisory personnel (correct)
  • Document the condition and ignore it

What is the continuous circle in airport safety oversight?

  • Inspection, reporting, and correction of safety issues
  • Identification, reporting, corrective action, and re-inspection (correct)
  • Identification, documentation, and resolution of safety issues
  • Documentation, resolution, and re-documentation of safety issues

Why is it essential to maintain thorough documentation of safety issues and resolutions?

<p>To demonstrate compliance to regulators (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a potential consequence of long periods without accidents or severe incidents?

<p>Complacency among employees (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a key purpose of a safety self-inspection checklist?

<p>To create a written record of conditions noted and check on follow-up actions (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is it essential to have a work order system in place?

<p>To ensure deficiencies are corrected in an expeditious manner (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What should the airport operator do for deficient conditions that could have an immediate and critical impact on the safety of aircraft operations?

<p>Issue a NOTAM to report the deficient conditions (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of NOTAMs?

<p>To provide an official method of communicating deficient conditions to users of the National Airspace System (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is responsible for the overall supervision and responsibility of safety self-inspections in certificated areas?

<p>Airport management (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How many key components does a successful safety self-inspection program have?

<p>Four (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of clearing and grading safety areas?

<p>To support the weight of an aircraft in case of an overshoot or undershoot (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is required for necessary items in safety areas, such as airfield lights?

<p>They must have frangible breakaway points no higher than three inches above grade (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is it essential to conduct a special inspection before reopening a runway or taxiway?

<p>To ensure the safety area is clear of debris after construction or maintenance (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What should be checked after an aircraft has left the pavement and entered a safety area?

<p>The area for ruts or holes made by the aircraft tires or personnel and equipment (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of removing objects in safety areas?

<p>To ensure the area is clear of obstacles (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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