# Presentation: 515796

## 2000

**IN 2000, US AIRWAYS INITIATED **
**SCHEDULED AIR TRANSPORTATION SERVICE **
**TO SELECTED DESTINATIONS**
**IN THE CARIBBEAN **

## USAIRWAYS CARIBBEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

**USAIRWAYS ****CARIBBEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS**

**DOMINICAN REPUBLIC**
**TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS**
**PUERTO RICO**
**ST.THOMAS / ST. CROIX**
**ST. MAARTEN**
**ANTIGUA**
**ST.KITTS**
**ST. LUCIA**
**GRENADA**
**BARBADOS**
**ARUBA**
**COSTA RICA**
**BELIZE**
**MEXICO**

## INFORMATIONAL RESOURCES

**AVIATION INFORMATIONAL RESOURCES**

**NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE**

**US AIRWAYS DISPATCH**

**PILOT REPORTS**

**NOTICES TO AIRMEN**

**SATELLITE PICTURES**

## MARCH 17, 2003

**MARCH 17, 2003**

- SAN JUAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

## VOLCANIC ASH

**SAN JUAN CENTER REPORTING**
**ATMOSPHERIC VOLCANIC ASH **
**DUE TO MONTSERRAT EXPLOSION**

**@ 15:00 Z**

**PILOT REPORT FORWARDED TO**

## ST.THOMAS

**US AIRWAYS DISPATCH CENTER**
**INSTRUCTED INBOUND FLIGHTS TO DEVIATE**
**TO ST. THOMAS AND ST. CROIX**
**AWAY FROM FORECASTED ASH CLOUDS**
**SELECTED FLIGHTS WERE INSTRUCTED TO RETURN TO**
**POINT OF DEPARTURE**

- US AIRWAYS DISPATCHER PETE DEMPSTER
- COORDINATED AN ALERT TO ALL PILOTS
- OPERATING IN THE
- CARIBBEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

## PILOT/DISPATCHER

**PILOT/DISPATCHER INTERACTION**

**PILOT AND DISPATCHER SHARE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SAFETY**
**AND OPERATION OF ANY ASSIGNED FLIGHT**
**PILOT AND DISPATCHER MUST WORK TOGETHER, SHARING INFORMATION**
**IN AN EFFORT TO MAINTAIN OPERATIONAL INTEGRITY**

## BRITISH AIRWAYS

**APRIL 2003**

**VISIT TO BRITISH AIRWAYS COMPASS CENTER**

## COMPARATIVE OPERATING PROCEDURES

**US AIRWAYS            ****	****	****NORTH ATLANTIC**
**BRITISH AIRWAYS  ****	****	****MEDITERRANEAN**
**SAS****	****	****	****	****	****CARIBBEAN**
**      ****VOLCANIC ASH ENCOUNTER PROCEDURES**

**COMPARATIVE OPERATING PROCEDURES**

## BRITISH AIRWAYS

**AUTOTHROTTLE-----DISCONNECT**
**THRUST LEVERS----CLOSE**

**BRITISH AIRWAYS**

**OXYGEN MASKS **

## US AIRWAYS

**US AIRWAYS**

**AIR CONDITIONING PACKS**

**ENGINE/WING ANTI-ICE**

**AIRSPEED INDICATIONS**

**AUXILIARY POWER UNIT**

## SAS

**ASH PARTICLES HAVE LOW WATER CONTENT**

**SMOKE DETECTORS MAY BE ACTIVATED**

**LOOK FOR BROWN SMOKE OR ODOR OF SULFUR**

**TURN 180 DEGREES**

**EXIT ASH CLOUD**

**USE FMS GROUND SPEED IF NECESSARY**

**SAS**

## CHEMICAL COMPOSITION

**CHEMICAL COMPOSITION CONCERNS**

**SILICA RICH ASH CONTAINS DISSOLVED AND ABSORBED S, CL and H2O**** **
**(SULFUR, CHLORINE AND WATER)**

**THERE WOULD BE A VERY MINOR TENDENCY FOR THESE MATERIALS**
**TO FOSTER OXIDATION OF AI METALS**

- DOCTOR MALCOLM RUTHERFORD
- BROWN UNIVERSITY

## ECONOMIC CONCERNS

**FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE (FOD)**

**LOSS OF GOODS AND SERVICES**

**LOSS OF TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE**

**LOSS OF PROPERTY**

**AIRCRAFT /ENGINE DAMAGE**

**LOSS OF BUSINESS REVENUE**

## THE THREE C’s

**COMMUNICATIONS**

**COMPARATIVE OPERATING PROCEDURES**

**CONTINUING EDUCATION**

**THE THREE C’S**

- BEFORE 07/12/2003

- AFTER 07/12/2003)

- MONTSERRAT VOLCANIC OBSERVATORY

## ARENAL

**ARENAL, COSTA RICA**

- Higher Situational Awareness

- Enhanced Preflight Briefing

- Informational Resources

- CAPTAIN AND DISPATCHER MUST HAVE:

## POPO

**MEXICO CITY, MEXICO**

**POPOCATEPETL**

**PREFLIGHT REVIEW OF VOLCANIC ASH ENCOUNTER PROCEDURES**

**DEFINITIVE CONTINGENCY PLAN**

## THANK YOU

**CAPTAIN JON ROUND, BRITISH AIRWAYS**

**MR. NIGEL GAIT, INTERNATIONAL AVIATION MANAGER**

**MET OFFICE, UNITED KINGDOM**

**THANK YOU**

**CAPTAIN ED MILLER, AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION**

**MR. SAMUEL P. WILLIAMSON,  FEDERAL COORDINATOR **
**                                                      ****FOR METEOROLOGY                                                      METEOROLOGY **

**MARY M CAIRNS, M.S.,SENIOR STAFF PHYSICAL SCIENTIST **

## QUESTIONS

- QUESTIONS?