Driver Training - Press & Publications

"...If evidence for this is required, we need only look to the statistics relating to runway incursions. Micro Nav has published a study that has been based on Mandatory Occurrence Reporting data provided by the UK's CAA Safety Regulation Group; it covers the
years 2004-2010 ...What conclusion can we draw here? The obvious one: more training,
especially in the realm of communications, has to be the way forward."

Jane's Airport Review published an article in July/August 2010 on improving training for airside drivers that features Micro Nav's ADT amongst other simulation training systems.

Young & Vlek Abstract:

In an effort to contribute to the identification and mitigation of safety risks on civil use airfields, this paper investigates the occurrence and probable causes of airfield incursions caused specifically by ground vehicle operations. Such operations were found to be responsible for nearly 20 per cent of all reported airfield incursions at airports within the USA. The research described in this paper investigated more than 2,000 individual airfield 'vehicle' incursions, as reported to the US Federal Aviation Administration, in an effort to identify their probable causes. Analysis of the data revealed that such incursions may be the result of four primary root causes: driver distraction, inadequate training, lack of situational awareness, or lack of proper communication. As a result of these findings, the authors suggest the targeted implementation of both improved training programmes and enhanced technologies to improve overall situational awareness while operating ground vehicles on an airfield. Proper implementation of technology and enhanced training programmes may be found to reduce these vehicle incursions and thus lead to improved airfield operational safety.

Records for vehicle runway incursions in the UK between 2004-2010 show a rise from a low in 2004 of 40 incidents annually to a marked increase in recent years.

This paper is a brief analysis of the annual incursion figures from MOR data provided by the UK Civil Aviation Authority SRG.