Abstract

The following work analyses reporting systems in the field of aviation and describes their historical development and importance. The proposed research has used the primary data collection technique and academically published papers that show the consequences for those involved if a reporting system is not implemented. At the same time, it was investigated whether and how these hazards related reporting could have changed its history. The result was that the current form of reporting system would have influenced the course and protected the incidents in the last two decades. Unfortunately, although there are already isolated reporting systems, there is still no procedure that offers holistic protection to the reporting.

Chapter 1: Introduction

The following work examines the existing reporting systems in aviation and shows; reporting systems are of immense importance in the aviation industry. The aeroplane is considered one of the safest means of transport today, as fewer accidents occur than buses, trains, or ships (Xue, et al., 2018). In addition, the level of security is increasing worldwide. Nevertheless, if something happens anyway, a comparatively large number of people are affected. With the help of functioning reporting systems, many aircraft accidents could have been prevented in advance, through which the flight personnel would have reported faults to a competent authority (Xue, et al., 2018).

An effective reporting system not only saves lives it also protects the airline from financial damages and is at the same time a preventive measure. Because of this, the work aims to analyse existing aviation reporting systems and to show to what extent they can improve flight safety via an effective report system so that the issues can be identified timely (Case et al., 2018). Furthermore, using different examples, possible effects occur if there is no reporting system and considerations are made as to how functioning systems would have changed something in those specific cases. Finally, the importance of reporting systems in aviation should be worked out and show what influence they have on air traffic safety.

Background

Countries around the world are generally optimistic about the future development of the global air transport market. According to the predictions of relevant agencies, in the next 20 years, the average annual growth rate of global GDP will be 2.8%. As a result, the average yearly growth rate of air passenger turnover (RPK) will be 4.4%~4.7 %, which is still in the rapid growth range, maintaining a moderate growth trend of doubling every 15 years (Bağan et al., 2019). However, the structure of global aviation needs to undergo significant adjustments, and air transport will gradually shift from being mainly between developed countries to emerging economies (Miller et al., 2018).

To meet the needs of future air transportation development, the significant countries currently competing in the global aviation market have begun to take action to improve their reporting system and support capabilities, and a new round of global aviation hub infrastructure construction has already started to report the issues so that the major and minor accidents can be controlled timely (Davies et al., 2017). In the plans to upgrade the reporting system of significant hub airports globally, strengthening the promotion and application of new technologies to improve reporting system efficiency is an integral part (Davies et al., 2017).

The aviation industry intends to invest more than 600 million euros in improving the reporting system that will eventually help the passengers in check-in facilities and enhance the airport’s efficiency and the passenger service experience (Sarkheil et al., 2020). The reason behind this change, in recent years, the aviation industry has not paid much attention to the hazard reporting for which the numbers of accidents have occurred in the last two decades which with proper reporting system or the issues if had reported timely could have saved numbers of lives and planes at the same time. Adhered to high standards and high quality to promote hub airports’ reporting system and make every effort to encourage the positive reporting system (Sarkheil et al., 2020).