Featuring:  23 Presentations, 7 Training Sessions, 1 Workshop, Exhibitors, and a Hijack Simulation Exercise

 

 

"Airbus to present at symposium in addition to Boeing, and Embraer"

"Full Scale Hijacking Simulation Exercise Added to Symposium"

"Disruptive Passenger Restraint Training Added to Symposium"

Safety Training for Cabin Crews in China.  Cabin Attendants College, Civil Aviation University of China. Added to Symposium (W-1)

 
 Program (Subject to changes)

Revised 7 February 2005

 1545- ? Exhibitor Set Up
 1700-2100 Registration
 

 0700-0830 Registration
 0730-0815

Speaker Briefing (main ballroom)
 0730-0825 Exhibit Hall:  Hosted Continental Breakfast
0815-0825

0830-0845

Symposium Opening

Opening:

Announcements -- Peter Gardiner and Marlene Foulk

 
 0845-0925 Keynote Speaker:   Captain Alex de Silva, Divisional Vice President, Safety, Security & Environment, Singapore Airlines
 0925-0940 Q&A  
Panel 1
 Promotion of a Safety Culture

Moderator:    David Lattimore
0940-1010 "Communication in Aircraft Cabin Safety"  Paul Krivonos, Director, Public Sector Management Program and Professor of Communication Studies, California State University, Northridge.  USA
1010-1040 Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
1040-1110 "Safety Culture?"  Captian Elaine Parker, President,  Beyond Risk Management Ltd., Canada
1110-1140 "Prioritizing Staff Safety."  Dr. Miles Jakeman, Director, e-Travel Safe, and Mr. Trevor Plant.  Director, E-Travel Safe, Australia.
1140-1200  Q & A
1200-1330 Lunch Break

  1330-1500

Training Sessions and Workshops

1330-1530

T-1.  Arctic Survival.  Johan Nystrom, Safety Training Supervisor, Finnair
1330-1500

T-2.  Behavioral Assessment of Threat Skills (BAT) Training.  Bud Williams & Steve Waltrip, Aviation Safety and Security Association.
1330-1500

T-3.  Water Survival.  Captain Dietrich Langhof SEP and Security Manager, Condor,  Frank Petro, Manager Mandatory Training & Support,  Dieter Enzmann, Safety Equipment and Procedure Trainer.
1330-1500

W-1. Safety Training for Cabin Crews in China.  Cabin Attendants College, Civil Aviation University of China.  Liu Bing, China Airlines. 

1500-1530 Refreshment Break:  Exhibit Hall. 

  1530-1700

Training Sessions and Workshops  

 1530-1700 T-4  Bloodborne Pathogens Training.  Sharon Morphew,  Program Coordinator/Family Assistance Manager,  Southern California Safety Institute (SCSI)
 1530-1700

T-5. A CRM Strategy within your Airline -- How?  Bo Nielsen, Training Manager & Bo Pathuel, Team Leader CRM,  Scandinavian Airlines (SAS Sweden)

 1530-1700

 T-7   Critical Incident Stress Management.  Peter Zografos, Curriculum Program Design Emergency Procedures Training, American Airlines;  Co-Facilitator,  Johanna O'Flaherty, Consultant to American Airlines Western Region Employee Assistance Program.
1530-1700

 T-8  Disruptive Passenger Restraint Training (using the cabin mock up)  Mike Gillette and Bill Gault,  University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

1800-1900 No host reception in the Exhibit Hall.
1930-2130 Hijack Exercise

0800-0900

Speaker Briefing

Exhibit Hall:  Hosted Continental Breakfast

 Panel 2

 Cabin Crew Implications of New Aircraft

Moderator:   Sami Sieva
0900-0930 Boeing, USA,  the 7E7.  Jeffrey L. Hawk,  Director Government, Environment and Certification.
0930-1000 Embraer, Brazil.  Lauro Y. Miura, Senior Engineer,  Interiors Development Engineering and Luciana Assuncao, Cabin Crew Team Member.
1000-1030 Airbus,  the A-350.  Klaus-Dieter Kricke, Head of Human Factors and Cabin/Cargo Operation, and Valerie Renauldon-Dumain, Co-ordinator Cabin Operations.
1030-1100 Refreshment Break, Exhibit Hall
1100-1200  Q&A
1200-1330  Lunch Break
1330-1500

Training Sessions and Workshops
1330-1530

 T-1.  Arctic Survival.
1330-1500

 T-2.  Behavioral Assessment of Threat Skills (BAT) Training     

1330-1500

 T-3.  Water Survival  

1330-1500

 W-1.  Safety Training for Cabin Crews in China.  Cabin Attendants College, Civil Aviation University of China. 

1500-1530 Refreshment Break (Exhibit Hall)

  1530-1700

Training Sessions and Workshops
1530-1700

 T-4  Bloodborne Pathogens Training
1530-1700

 T-5. A CRM Strategy within your Airline -- How?

 1530-1700

  T-7  Critical Incident Stress Management.

 1530-1700

  T-8  Disruptive Passenger Restraint Training (using the cabin mock up)
1700-1800 Video Viewing and demonstrations of equipment
 
0730-0830
 
Speaker Briefing
Exhibit Hall:  Hosted Continental Breakfast 

Panel 3

 

CRM and Human Factors

Moderator:   Susan Greene

 
0830-0900 "Applying Threat and Error Management to Cabin Operations."  Amelia Gomez, Safety Officer,  and  Captain Jose Ramon Fernandez de la Morena,  Operational Safety Manager,  Iberia Airlines.  Spain
0900-0930

"Passenger Briefing Cards,"  Karin Mueller,  Manager, Emergency Training, Eurowings Luftverkehrs, AG, and Gero Wodli, Manager, Projects Training, Lufthansa City Line
0930-1000 "Flight Safety and Compliance,"  Sandra Ingram, Manager, In-Flight Safety and Compliance, Delta Airlines, USA.
1000-1030   Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall
1030-1100

"A Balanced Approach (Training Appropriately for Perceived vs. Actual Threats)"  Brendan Kapuscinski, President, Execu-Teck Security Consultants Ltd., Canada
1100-1130

"Rays of Risk: Air Travel and Radiation Exposure." Mr. Farrol Kahn, Director, The Aviation Health Institute, Oxford, United Kingdom.    

1130-1200 Q&A
1200-1330 Lunch Break

Panel 4

 

Cabin Safety Training

Moderator:   Joan Strow

 
1330-1400  "Safety Training at Low Cost,"  Christian Fridell,  Swiss International Airlines
1400-1430

"Emergency Response and Care Givers,"  Kevin Vandam, Trainer, Emergency Response & Caregiver,  WestJet Airlines, Canada
1430-1500 "Integration of Joint Crew Resource Management in Crew Training - including CRM assesment."  Bo Nielsen & Bo Pathuel,  SAS.
1500-1530

 Refreshment Break in Foyer
1530-1600 "Security Training by Distance Learning,"  Tove Finstad,  Manager, Cabin Crew Training, SASBraathens, Norway
1600-1630
"Knowledge Retention from Online Training," Ivan Noel - President Inflight Innovation Inc. & Inflight Institute.  Canada
1630-1700 Panel Q&A
1700-1800

Special Interest Group (SIG) Meetings.  This time is set aside for those who are interested in exchanging ideas and information with each other in the areas of "Training" and "Safety and Security."  Each will meet in a separate room and will be lead by the SIG Chairman.  The intent of SIGs is to provide an on-going way for those interested in a specific topic to meet during the symposium and then keep in contact between symposia.  Current SIGs are:

  • SIG Training

  • SIG Safety and Security

 
1930-?

Banquet for those who have purchased Banquet Tickets

There will be a cash bar for wine or other alcoholic beverages or soft drinks. 
 
   

0730-0830
 
Speaker Briefing 
Hosted Continental Breakfast

 Panel 5

 

Lessons Learned in Safety and Security

Moderator:   Barbara Dunn

 
0830-0900 "When an Aircraft Crash is not an Accident."  Eric West,  FAA.
0900-1000 "QF1737 Hijack,"  Lawrence (Laurie) Ratz,  Manager Group Security Education and Training, and Greg Khan,  Qantas Airlines, Australia
1000-1030 Refreshment Break in Foyer
1030-1100
 "Axe Attack on KATO Flight 605,"  Captain Stein Magne Lian,  Captain Dornier 22i and Crew Training Manager, Kato Air.
1100-1130 "Turbulence Injury Prevention Efforts at Southwest Airlines."  Tim Logan, Director Flight Operational Safety, and  Paula Gaudet, Director, In-Flight Standards, Southwest Airlines, Dallas, USA   
1130-1200 Q&A

1200-1215

Closing Remarks
1215 Adjourn

Confirmed symposium Training Sessions are as follows:

Training Session 1. (T-1)     Arctic Survival.   

Training Session 2. (T-2)   Behavioral Assessment of Threat Skills (BAT) Training

Training Session 3.  (T-3)     Water Survival.  A short presentation about "Cold can kill."  Howe to survive in water.  Hands on training using computer based training together with an actual inflated 46 person life raft.  Handling of life vest and the equipment, install canopy, survival kit.  As a highlight, there will be a video about our sea survival with the German Navy, indoor and open sea training.  

Training Session 4. (T-4)    Bloodborne Pathogens. Brief overview of what Bloodborne Pathogens are, video of how to put on and remove the safety suit without contamination, and prior to certification everyone will be required to put on and remove the suit.

Training Session 5.  (T-5)     A CRM Strategy within your Airline -- How?  The training session will focus on the following items:  Authority requirements related to CRM (flight crew and cabin crew);  Airline Risk Management within the area of CRM -- how to focus on the "right areas;"  How do you create "the common CRM language;"  CRM Assessment -- development and implementation?;  Integration of a CRM training system in the Airline organization. 

Training Session 7. (T-7)     Critical Incident Stress Management.  This session introduces you to Cabin Crew Critical Incident Stress Management by exploring the following topics:  history to the discovery of Critical Incident Stress;  Humanistic reactions to exposure of critical incident stress, self care/normalization techniques.  Flight attendant testimonials of exposure to critical stress.

Training Session 8.  (T-8)   Disruptive Passenger Restraint Training.

Workshop 1  (W-1)    Safety Training for Cabin Crews in China.  Cabin Attendants College, Civil Aviation University of China.  As one of the Chinese cabin attendant training institutions to attend the symposium,  the first thing to be expected is to know what it is like and how it is operated.  A brief introduction to our college is the first part of this presentation, followed by course design and allocation to develop qualified future cabin attendants for airlines.  The essential training courses like cabin safety training and on board service training will be included in the presentation.  Welcome to the workshop and share your training experiences with us.