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Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP)

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SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. --  The Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP) is a program designed to be an identity protected, self-reporting system that encourages the voluntary reporting of operations and logistics/maintenance safety issues and events.

It is designed to provide a non-punitive environment for the open reporting of safety concerns and information that might be critical to identifying precursors to accidents.

The goal is to prevent mishaps by addressing those unintentional errors, hazardous situations and events, or high-risk activities not identified and/or correctable by other methods or through traditional safety reporting sources.

The reported information is used to reduce mishaps through operational, logistics/maintenance, training, and procedural enhancements. Due to its capability of providing early identification of needed safety improvements, ASAP offers significant potential for avoiding mishaps. What's needed is your input.

The text in the box to the right is an extract from the AMC/CC's Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP) Endorsement dated 31 Aug 2012.

As of 26 Dec 12, 456 ASAP reports have been submitted with only 13 remaining "open." Please trust that your submissions are thoroughly reviewed and analyzed with feedback being provided to the entire MAF. Real solutions have come about by your submissions. Mishaps have been prevented.
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1. ASAP is an identity-protected, self-reporting system modeled after the successful FAA program that encourages voluntary reporting of unintentional errors, hazardous situations, and high-risk activities to identify and mitigate previously unknown hazards or insufficiently managed risk in operations. I endorse this program and encourage you to better understand and use it.

2. AMC's goal is to prevent mishaps by addressing threats, errors and hazards not identified by other methods or through traditional safety reporting sources. Information is used to reduce mishaps through operational, maintenance, training, and procedural enhancements. Through this unique hazard identification and mitigation process, ASAP offers significant potential for avoiding mishaps.

3. Data generated from the ASAP process shall not be used for monitoring aircrew performance, to initiate punitive or adverse action as defined in the Ops RAMS CONOPS, or to assign the reporter an "unqualified" rating. In cases of reckless disregard of regulations and procedures, ASAP data may be used for action. ASAP reports are not covered by privileged safety information procedures of DoDI 6055.7, Accident Investigation, Reporting, and Record Keeping.

4. This memo serves as interim guidance until formal AF policy supersedes this memo.