1 / Flight Safety Quarterly
BSC-TW
/ Introduction of FSF-T
Background:
Many local airlines have been established since the “Open Sky” policy made by the government in 1987. This has resulted in the rapid growth of civil aviation industry in Taiwan. However, some relevant measures have not been taken to keep abreast with the said rapid growth. In view of this situation and the repeated warning message of flight safety, the chiefs responsible for flight safety from local aviation industry held a meeting in 1991 and under the financial support from China Aviation Development Foundation, major airlines and airport services companies in Taiwan, the Flight Safety Foundation-Taiwan was established by patterning after the Flight Safety Foundation in the USA. It was also approved by the Ministry of Transportation & Communication (MOTC) and registered as a corporate person in 1994; the first meeting of board of directors was also held in the same year.
2 / Background
Objective & Missions
Organization features & structure
Staff Members
/ Objective:
To promote the smooth operation of overall flight safety system by following civil aviation policy, making coordination, providing support and assistance.
Mission:
To promote the academic research and study conducted by the civil aviation personnel to elevate the flight safety level.
To publish flight safety quarterly on a regular basis to enhance the professional knowledge of flight and technical personnel.
To cultivate flight safety management personnel.
To safeguard theprivilege and benefit of financial sponsors.
To enhance the acquaintance and communication among personnel in the civil aviation industry both in Taiwan and the other countries.
To single out civil aviation personnel who make outstanding achievements and special contributions to motivate member’s dedicated spirit.
To provide consultation services with respect to flight safety.
3 / Background
Objective & Missions
Organization features & structure
Staff Members
/ Organization Features & Structure:
Features:
FSF-T is a non-profit corporate person for public interest. Its income is for the sole purpose of promoting civil aviation safety.
It serves as a bridge for the interaction of aviation industry.
To compliment the insufficient resources of the local aviation industry.
Structure:
The Board of Directors has 9-15 positions. Personnel who have experiences in flight safety are nominated as board directors by various organizations or airlines that have made financial contributions to FSF-T. The Board of Directors consists of a chairman and 4 standing directors who are elected by the directors through votes casting. The chairman represents FSF-T in dealing with external parties and oversees all FSF-T activities. The standing directors are responsible for implementing routine affairs. In addition, an auditor is nominated by the chairman and has to be approved by the board directors.
The chairman receives regular salary because he works full time for FSF-T while the other board directors and auditor are not paid at all; all of them will serve for a 3-year term. Whenever the position of the chairman is vacant, it will be filled by someone elected by the board directors.
4 / Background
Objective & Missions
Organization features & structure
Staff Members
/ Position / Name / Current Position & Title
Chairman & Standing Director / Wen-chou (Leo) Wang / Consultant to China Aviation Development Foundation-a corporate person
Standing Director / Samson Yeh / VP, Safety, Security & Compliance Div., CAL
Standing Director / Sao-lung Chou / Manager, Flight Safety Dept., Far Eastern Air Transport
Standing Director / Hsien-lun Wang / Supervisor, Flight Safety Office, TransAsia Airways
Standing Director / Te-lung Tsai / Director, Flight Safety Office, Mandarin Airlines
Board Director / Lung-kuang Ma / VP, Flight Operations Div., CAL
Board Director / Yi-hung Chen / Director, Flight Safety Office, Uni Air
Board Director / Jimmy H. T. Tang / Taoyuan Int’l Airport Service Company
Board Director / Shao-Jeng Su / Taiwan Airport Service Company
Auditor / Chuan-chin Hsu / Consultant to China Aviation Development Foundation-a corporate person
5 / Background
Objective & Missions
Organization features & structure
Staff Members
/ Staff Members:
Chairman of the Board / Wen-chou (Leo) Wang
Executive Secretary / Harry Chen
Researcher / Rosa Ma
Accountant / Miao-fen Lin
Clerk & Cashier / Pei-hsin Chou
Secretary General, Bird Strike Committee-Taiwan / Ting-cheng Wang
6 / To cultivate aviation personnel
To host aviation safety seminars
To sponsor aviation safety activities
/ Services:
  1. To cultivate aviation personnel (Aviation Management Training):
  2. Candidate trainees: Primarily for members of FSF-T; however, non-members can also attend.
  3. Persons trained: Totaling 2,040 persons from 2000-2004
  4. Training institutions: FAA Academy, NTSB Academy, IATA, University of Southern California-USA, FSF, airlines in USA, CAA Aeronautical Training Center, DuPont, etc.
  5. Training Subjects:
Constant Requirements / Aviation safety management, accident investigation, incident investigation, maintenance resource management (MRM), ramp safety, cabin safety, etc.
Requirements by civil aviation policy / Self audit, FOQA, dangerous goods, aviation security, etc.
Requirements by demand / Helicopter training in mountain areas, runway incursion, inspection and testing of aging airplane, international negotiation skill, aviation and weather, etc.
7 / To cultivate aviation personnel
To host aviation safety seminars
To sponsor aviation safety activities
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  1. Training programs in 2004:
Aviation Safety Management Systems.
Maintenance Resource Management (MRM)
Accident Investigation
Ramp Safety
Cabin Safety
Safety Culture
Aviation Safety Management Systems (USC)
Flying Helicopter over the Sea and at Night
Inspector Cockpit en Route Inspection (FAA Academy)
Aviation security
Dangerous Goods (Beijing)
Improving safety performance by incident investigation
Shipment Guidelines for Infectious Substances (Beijing)
8 / To cultivate aviation personnel
To host aviation safety seminars
To sponsor aviation safety activities
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  1. To hold aviation safety seminars:
  2. To call a meeting of chiefs responsible for flight safety in aviation industry (monthly).
  3. Weather and aviation safety seminar (2004. 04)
  4. Maintenance management seminar (2004. 06)
  5. International aviation seminar (2004. 08)
  6. Cabin safety seminar (2004. 10)
  7. Exchange of aviation safety and technical issues across Taiwan strait
  8. To sponsor aviation safety activities:
  9. Dispersing birds with predators: 1996-1997
  10. Dispersing birds with radio-controlled model aircraft: 1999-2000
  11. Introducing into Taiwan the cell phone detector: 2002-2003
  12. Introducing into Taiwan pyrotechnic launcher, Avian Dissuader and ultrasonic devices for dispersing birds: 2003-2004
  13. Introducing into Taiwan gas creamers for dispersing birds: 2004

9 / Publications:
  1. Flight Safety Quarterly (periodic):
  2. Published in Mar, Jun, Sep, and Dec each year.
  3. Contents of current issue (38).
  4. Special publication of aviation safety: (non-periodic)
  5. Others:
  6. GAIN “Operator’s Flight Safety Handbook”
  7. Helicopter Pilot’s Handbook of Mountain Flying and Advanced Techniques
  8. Flight Safety Self-Audit Handbook
  9. Investigation report of bird species at Sung Shan airport

10 / Latest News
11 / Statistics and Analysis:
Analysis of bird strikes encountered by national airlines (2001-2003)
Analysis of unruly events in Taiwan national airlines
Synopsis of helicopter accidents encountered by local companies in Taiwan
Analysis of runway incursion in 1999-2002
Safety rate of airlines
Major issue of aviation safety-periodic refresher training (2000)
Taiwan flight safety review of year 2002
Flight safety review of Taiwan’s carriers in 2003
Weather and aviation safety
12 / Welcome To The Bird Strike Committee－Taiwan
Suite 5-1, 8F, No. 51, Keelung Rd. Section 2, Taipei, Taiwan
TEL: (02)2377-5801, 2377-5929; FAX: (02)2377-5934
13 / BSC-TW / The Bird Strike Committee－Taiwan (BSC-TW):
International bird-strike hazard
International bird-strike prevention organizations and meetings
Bird-strike hazard in Taiwan
Organization of Bird Strike Committee-Taiwan (BSC-TW)
Milestone of bird-strike prevention in Taiwan
Analysis reports and publications
14 / International bird-strike hazard
Worldwide
Civil aviation in USA
USAF
/ International bird-strike hazard:
  1. Worldwide:
  2. Form 1960s to the present: 400 aircraft crashed and 370 persons killed. From 1998-2003: 140 aircraft crashed with 192 fatalities.
  3. Loss suffered by worldwide commercial aircraft as a result of bird strike was over 1.2 billion each year from 1990-2000.
  4. The highest altitude of bird-strike reported: 37,000 ft.
  5. The highest altitude of bird sighted: 54,000 ft.
  6. Damage rate by bird strike: 15%

15 / International bird-strike hazard
Worldwide
Civil aviation in USA
USAF
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  1. Civil aviation in USA:
  2. Bird strike encountered by civil aviation in USA has increased 3.5 times from 1,719 events in 1990 to 5,976 events in 2002 (totaling 45,323 events).
  3. Canada geese increased 3 folds from 1990 to 2002 reaching a total population of 3.5 million. The cormorants in great lakes increased 1,000 times from 1970 to 2003 with a total population of 200,000.
  4. 90% of bird species causing bird-strikes are under the protection of “Rule for protection of migratory birds.”
  5. Loss suffered by civil aviation industry in USA as a result of bird strike was US$ 489 million each year from 1990-2002.
  6. Bird-strikes caused 3,245 in-flight shutdowns of engines, aborted take-offs or emergency landings; 9 crashes and severe damages of 1,741 aircraft.

16 / International bird-strike hazard
Worldwide
Civil aviation in USA
USAF
/
  1. USAF:
  2. USAF lost 32 aircraft and 35 persons because of bird-strikes from 1990 to 2001.
  3. A total of 49,005 bird-strike events occurred from 1985 to 2002 resulting in financial loss of US$ 680 million. (2,723 events with a loss of US$ 33.76 million on average each year.)
  4. When calculated in monetary loss, low-level flight accounted for 56%; take-offs, 17%; and gunnery range, 10%.
  5. The majority of bird-strikes, 49%, occurred during take-off and landing patterns, followed by 15% in low-level flight.
  6. Most of the damages, 32%, were on the nose and windshield areas while engines accounted for 15%.

17 / International bird-strike prevention organizations and meetings
USA
Canada
International
Other nations
/ International bird-strike prevention organizations and meetings:
  1. USA:
  2. The “Bird Strike Committee-USA” was established in1991. It is directed by a steering committee consisting of 2 members each from Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), US Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense, and 3 members from aviation industry, totaling 9 members.
  3. The “Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard Unit” (BASH) was established by the aviation safety department of USAF Safety Center in 1975. BASH consists of 5 ecologists of wildlife. Its objective is to reduce the bird-strike hazard that might be caused by the birds flying at low altitude around the airport to preserve combat force. The BASH team visits each airbase once every three years to implement the BASH program.

18 / International bird-strike prevention organizations and meetings
USA
Canada
International
Other nations
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  1. Canada:
“Bird Strike Committee Canada” (BSCC) was established by Mr. Bruce Mackinnon, a zoologist of airport security department, security division of Transport Canada. BSCC has taken turns to host the Joint Annual Meeting of Bird Strike Committee with Bird Strike Committee USA since 1999.
The 6th Joint Annual Meeting Bird Strike Committee USA/Canada was held on September 13-17, 2004 in Baltimore and Washington, D. C., USA including various reports on the research result of bird-dispersal, trial test of bird-strike prevention and identification of bird species.
19 / International bird-strike prevention organizations and meetings
USA
Canada
International
Other nations
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  1. International:
“Bird Strike Committee Europe” (BSCE) was established in Europe in 1966.
BSCE was renamed “International Bird Strike Committee” (IBSC) in 1996 to promote international cooperation to mitigate bird strikes.
Chairperson: Drs. Luit Buurma, the Netherlands
1st Vice Chairperson: Chairperson of BSCC, Canada
2nd Vice Chairperson: person in charge of Central Science Lab, UK
3rd Vice Chairperson: Chairperson of BSC-USA
8 working groups are as follows: (responsible country)
Aerodrome Working Group (Finland) / Aircraft-Bird Interaction Working Group (Ireland)
Awareness Working Group (Canada) / Bird Remains Working Group (the Netherlands)
Bird Avoidance Modeling Working Group (Germany) / Impact Engineering Working Group (USA)
Remote Sensing Working Group (Switzerland) / Statistics Working Group (Israel)
20 / International bird-strike prevention organizations and meetings
USA
Canada
International
Other nations
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  1. Other Nations:
  2. Germany: The German Bird Strike Committee(GSBC) (DVAVVL) was founded in 1964 at the suggestion of the Federal German Transport Minister. The GBSC was entered into the German register of associations as a non-profit organization in 1982. The GBSC is the pivotal German organization for research on flight safety hazards arising from the living environment. Just as the name suggests, the prevention of aircraft/bird collisions is its primary duty.
  3. Bird strike committees have also been established in Italy, Panama and Poland.
  4. Japan: A research body was established in 1996 to prevent the bird strike on aircraft. It was registered as “Central bird strike prevention committee” in September 2000 and has hired people from relevant management organizations, ornithologists, airlines and the other bodies to investigate bird strike events and to collect, analyze and exchange information.
  5. UK: Under the aegis of UKCAA, the Central Science Laboratory” (CSL) conducts survey of worldwide hazard caused by wildlife. Dr. John Allan is in charge of such program.

21 / BSC-TW / Bird strike hazard in Taiwan:
There are a total of 27 airports for civil and military aircraft in Taiwan area making its density the highest in the world. With the continuous expansion of the aviation industry, the frequency of take-offs and landings of both military and civil aircraft is ever-increasing. In addition to the original bird species and the migratory birds, there are race pigeonsraised and birds released to the wild by people, thus resulting in the increase of flying birds. Moreover, the airports and their vicinity have become good environment for the birds’ habitation and feeding when the people have ravaged their natural ecology. Therefore, the bird strike events are increasing year after year. To date, the Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) has lost 4 expensive airplanes because of bird strikes since 1991. Most of the domestic flights operated by the airlines in Taiwan use airport under joint operation by both military and civil aircraft. So the airlines face similar situation. Although there was no crash record of civil aircraftcaused by bird strikes, the bird-strike damage on engines and components is immeasurable.
Statistics of bird strikes on military and civil aircraft: there were 212 bird strike events and 29 of them caused damages to civil aircraft in 2002-2003. The military aircraft encountered 341 bird strikes in 2002-2003; among them, 41 caused damages resulting in a damage rate of 12.66%.
Note: bird-strike damage rate = number of damages by bird-strike ÷number of bird-strikes
22 / BSC-TW / Organization of Bird Strike Committee Taiwan (BSC-TW)
Objective:
BSC-TW was established by pattering after the operation model of BSC-USA and IBSC to consolidate related resources owned by both military and civil aviation industry with a view to resolving bird strike problem. It is responsible for collecting the structure of bird species at various airports to set up the database of bird’s downy; identifying the bird species and making analysis of bird strikes encountered by both military and civil airplanes; coordinating and cooperating with relevant international organizations to introduce into Taiwan the new equipment, technique and information that are applicable to the environment in Taiwan to reduce bird strike incidents; assisting airports that experienced more serious bird-strike problem in dispersing birds to mitigate bird-strike occurrences; holding seminars and demonstrations on bird-strike prevention based on the concept of “Flight safety first and be responsible for preservation of birds” to provide appropriate measures for dispersing birds away from the operating spaces of airports, thus enabling the birds and aircraft to share the sky in a safe manner while minimizing bird-strike incidents.
23 / BSC-TW / Organization:
The Bird Strike Committee Taiwan (BSC-TW) was established on April 16, 2001 and invited experts and scholars well versed in ornithology, chiefs responsible for wild animal preservation and senior management in charge of flight safety of various organizations to serve as committee members. Mr. Wen-chou (Leo) Wang, incumbent chairman of Flight Safety Foundation-Taiwan (FSF-T) was elected as the chairman through votes cast by committee members.
24 / BSC-TW / Chairman: Mr. Wen-chou Wang, incumbent Chairman of FSF-T
Secretary General: Mr. Ting-cheng Wang
Secretary: Ms. Pei-hsin Chou
Convener of bird strike prevention team: Mr. Chi-hsin Wang, Senior Technician of Air Traffic Services Div., CAA
Committee Member: Mr. Kuo-chen Chang, Director General of CAA (regulatory authority of government)
Committee Member: Lt/Gen. Chin-tze Hsiao, IG of GHQ ROCAF (Responsible organization in air force)
Committee Member: Mr. Hsiao-yu Tang, Deputy Director, Forestry Dept., COA (Governmental agency for wildlife preservation)
Committee Member: Mr. Wei-hsing Liu, VP of TransAsia Airways (Civil Aviation Industry)
Committee Member: Mr. Peng-lin Tuan, Chairman of Airline Pilots Association (aircraft operator)
Committee Member: Ms. Hsiao-wei Yuan, Associate professor, Dept. of Forestry, NTU (ornithologist)
25 / BSC-TW / The “Bird Strike Prevention Research Lab” was set up in January 2002 and managedby Mr. Chi-hsin Wang, Senior Technician from CAA. The lab provides free-of-charge identification of bird species from bird strikes encountered by both military and civil airplanes and conducts research of bird-strike prevention.
Tasks:
  1. To collect and publish information of bird-strike prevention.
  2. To introduce equipment into Taiwan for dispersing birds.
  3. To conduct education and training activities.
  4. To assist airport in preventing bird-strikes and in dispersing birds from hangar.
  5. To identify bird species.
  6. To conduct statistics and analysis of bird-strike incidents.

26 / BSC-TW / Milestone of bird-strike prevention in Taiwan:
  1. The Bird Strike Committee Taiwan (BSC-TW) was established on April 16, 2001 and held a meeting of committee members. Mr. Wen-chou (Leo) Wang, incumbent chairman of Flight Safety Foundation-Taiwan (FSF-T) was elected as the chairman through votes cast by committee members.
  2. Co-hosted with the Bureau of Reconstruction of Taipei City Government and the Society for Wildlife and Nature a two-session “Seminar on techniques for saving wounded wildlife” at Taipei zoo on June 19-20, 2001 to conduct the training for saving wounded bird species under protection after they have been caught by net.
  3. Purchased two types of launchers (15 mm double shot x 2 and 4 cal CAPA x 2) and 850 rounds of whistle crackers on July 6, 2001 and provided them to the airports in Taipei and Kaohsiung as well as Ching-Chuan-Kang (CCK) airbase to verify their effectiveness in dispersing birds.
  4. Held a “Demonstration of Bird-strike Prevention” at Hsinchu airbase on July 13, 2001 and provided support to the said base to verify the effectiveness of using radio-controlled model aircraft and the demonstration of pyrotechnics launchers.
  5. Three persons including the chairman of BSC-TW attended the “Joint Annual Meeting of Bird Strike Committee USA/Canada” held in Calgary, Canada on August 26-31, 2001. Mr. Chi-hsin Wang, Senior Technician from CAA, went to the Bird identification Lab of Smithsonian Institution, Museum of Natural History to observe and learn the techniques for identification of bird species.
  6. Started to investigate the bird species at Sung Shan and CKS airports in September 2001.