Sector: Aviation

CHIRP’s Aviation Programme improves safety in the air by providing a totally independent confidential reporting system for all individuals involved in aviation in UK’s airspace.  The fundamental principle underpinning CHIRP is that all reports are treated in absolute confidence in order that reporters’ identities are protected – any associated information and concerns or experiences are…

CHIRP is a founding member of the International Confidential Aviation Safety Systems (ICASS) Group, which promotes confidential reporting systems worldwide as an effective method of enhancing flight safety in Commercial Air Transport and General Aviation operations.   The principal objectives of the ICASS Group are: Group Membership Membership to the ICASS Group is by invitation. There…

On receipt of a safety-related report, the CHIRP Secretariat acknowledges it to the reporter, allocates it a unique reference identification and the information is reviewed with the objectives of determining any contributing factors and identifying potential corrective actions or resolutions that might be appropriate. As far as is possible, the report is then discussed and…

CHIRP was formed in 1982 as a result of a joint initiative between the Chief Scientific Officer Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the Chief Medical Officer CAA and the Commandant Royal Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine (IAM).   The programme was based on the Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) that had been formed in the United…

The CHIRP Aviation Programme team is comprised of a small Aviation Secretariat of specialists with professional and technical expertise in aviation operations and Human Factors. In order to promote the resolution of issues raised, the programme is also able to draw on the assistance and counsel of a wide range of individual experts and specialist…