Flight Safety Foundation
Air BP Ramp Safety Award

presented to

Underwing Partners Safety Leadership Team
Delta Air Lines

For safety-process innovation by Delta Air Lines and a cross-functional team of ground-handling contractors, fuelers and food service providers working together with a unified approach to create a safer ramp environment.

Since its formation in 1996, the Underwing Partners Safety Leadership Team has grown to nine corporate members; achieved substantial savings by reducing injuries among ground-handling employees, aircraft damage and insurance costs; and piloted ramp-safety technology.

Meeting quarterly, the team developed a common safety business plan, shared strategies and tactics for risk management, conducted team audits and set a benchmark for ramp-safety performance in a dynamic business environment in which contracts for ground-handling services have proliferated.

The team has developed behavior-based safety training for cabin-service staff, including adoption of handheld computers to record safety observations and quality-audit data for immediate feedback; worked on the development of ultrasonic collision-prevention technology; and supported redesign of hitches on tugs, baggage carts and transporters.

The team has focused on making improvements for enhanced ramp safety, sharing improvements with customers and airports; there has been no attempt to isolate improvements for use by a single carrier.

Flight Safety Foundation and the award’s sponsor, Air BP, are pleased to recognize the Underwing Partners Safety Leadership Team for its contributions to aviation safety.

FSF 52nd International Air Safety Seminar
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
November 10, 1999

Stuart Matthews
Chairman, President and CEO
Flight Safety Foundation

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