From the regions

Just culture

Just Culture is about building trust. Just Culture is a culture in which front-line operators and others are not punished for actions, omissions or decisions taken by them which are commensurate with their experience and training. However, gross negligence, wilful violations and destructive acts are still not tolerated. It is about dealing with inevitable mishaps, and about developing the capability in an organisation to look at an incident from multiple perspectives before coming to a judgement. The aim of this commendable approach is to encourage employees to report safety occurrences without fear of punishment for genuine mistakes. A “Just Culture” regulation was introduced by the EU in 2015.

In Australia, CASA has recently published a Director of Aviation Safety Instruction 02/2017 titled, ‘Limitations on the Use of Safety Information’. Essentially this is a policy of restricting the use of safety information to cancel or suspend aviation authorisations, unless there is a serious and imminent risk to air safety.