Story ID: 424
Metro Aviation's FOQA Makes Progress 
By: Samantha Cartaino
Caption: Metro Aviation updated flight data monitoring on 65 percent of its fleet since it received approval for its Flight Operational Quality Assurance program.
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Metro Aviation (Booth N2207) has updated flight-data monitoring on 65 percent of its fleet since it received approval for its Flight Operational Quality Assurance (FOQA) program last year. Approximately 51 of the 80 equipped aircraft have Outerlink’s digital flight-data monitoring and recording Iris system.

“Having Outerlink’s Iris on our aircraft, an active and involved FOQA system, and an improved outcome training program is a game changer for the safety of our company,” said Metro Aviation managing director Milton Geltz. “We are able to see where the trends are on a near real-time basis, create a plan and address them with out pilots during their annual check rides and simulator training.”

The FOQA team has examined approximately 30,000 events over 14,000 flight hours. Gathered data showed changes caused by revisions to Metro Aviation’s general operation manual, including a decrease in high rates of descent and maximum performance events. The rate of total events has decreased by 20 percent compared with information from 2016.