Airline safety is not a solid line-Milne
Three is no minimum in airline safety, according to Air Niugini managing director Alan Milne.
He made the point clear when addressing the release of the final report for the Chuuk accident in the Federated States of Micronesia in September 2018, by the PNG Accident Investigation Commission, released on Thursday.
He stated this when queried on the internal investigation by the airline that continues in light of the final report and recommendations stated in the AIC report.
“The final report is a fantastic report and it has all the statement of facts in there and we fully support it.
“It is our prerogative that we want to go extra and do some more investigation into what we can possibly do.
“Airline safety is not a solid line. It is not, here is the minimum, and this is what you need to do.
He said while some airlines can put ceilings on safety, Air Niugini doesn’t.
“We are going above that line to say now what can we do now to put more layers of safety or possible prevention in place,” Mr Milne said.
“So we are fully supportive of the AIC, we fully support the final report.”
He said since the incident safety recommendations were adjusted in a matter of days.
“Safety cards and ramps were adjusted.
“Those were all done and they were done very quickly. “This baseline of safety we had up to today (last week Thursday) to close those out.
“There is a minimum baseline of safety that airlines operate to.” He said, when asked about the airline’s safety record, Mr Milne said the operating record of the airline stood for itself.
Research
“With my research back over the history of the airline it has been, especially for the operating environment that Air Niugini works in it has been an impeccable safety record.