Question

For this activity, you will assume the role of a manager of flight operations for an aviation organization. Conduct research and develop your organization’s weather policy and procedures to brief to the organization’s president. Your presentation must include: Strategies to collect reliable weather information A risk management approach to facilitate a Go-No-Go Decision Strategy to adapt to changing weather phenomenon.

Answer 1

From the background, as an aviation organization, and the role of a manager of flight operations. The activity is to conduct research and develop the organization’s weather policy and to brief the same to the president of the organization. The brief has to include reliable weather information, risk management approach to facilitate the go-no-go decision strategy to adapt to the changing weather phenomenon.

Weather Policy

Based on the research, and inclement weather policy, the aviation-related organization recognizes that bad weather can affect the business continuity and the safety of passengers. Inclement weather can also directly affect worker safety because the employees may not be able to arrive safely at work or the flying time is directly connected to the weather. For the internal factors of the organization, the policies have to form based on the elements like (i) company policies regarding the office closures during the different weathers, (like winter, snow, etc.), (ii) implications for employee pay, leaves, time, and reporting of the work, (iii) how and when the employees will be advised of an office closure, and (iv) conducting the annual or semi-annual "mock emergency drills" to test employee preparedness for any emergencies.

Always updated about the weather information, reliable on collecting weather reports using the multiple trusted sources, and a risk management approach to facilitate or adapt a go-no-go decision strategy to adapt to the changing weather phenomenon. The organization must use observational data collected by modern technologies like Doppler radar (my radar), weather satellites, radiosondes, buoys, and other instruments that are fed into the computerized NWS numerical forecast models for better prediction or tracking. The models use certain equations, along with new and old weather data, and reports to provide accurate weather forecast guidance to the meteorologists. The real-time tracking and gathering of data help to draft an accurate weather report and hence draft the weather policy.

In the aviation weather policy, the go/no-go decisions which belong to a family of dual-choice decision setting patterns that are used when making a choice or decision between two available options. The go/no-go patterns always deal specifically with the dual-choice decisions where, (i) the go option involves an ongoing set of commitment of resources, e.g.: flighing time or collected money, and (ii) the no-go option involves no additional commitment of any resources. The aviation industry is involved with huge monetary involvement and the risks of the factors related to weather or climate changes. For go/no-go decisions, the factors or analysis techniques are cost opportunity, cost vs. benefit, and portfolio value.

Always consider the priority of safety and alignment. Nothing is more important or vital than making sure the employees, and passengers at the airlines, who arrive safely at work. With inclement weather policies, the companies should definitely consider their employees and passengers safety first.