ATSAP - Air Traffic Safety Action Program
As part of our overall safety goals, ATSAP has established a system for our Controllers and Other Employees to voluntarily identify and report safety and operational concerns. The collected information is reviewed and analyzed to facilitate early detection and improved awareness of operational deficiencies and adverse trends.
The program is non-punitive, and serves as one leg of a good Safety Management System program. ATSAP also helps develop a strong safety culture. The intent is to identify and report all events that may or did lead to a breakdown in safety, or increase risk to our operation. ATSAP reporting must be, and per the MOU, is
non-punitive. An employee cannot be decertified nor can any credentialing action take place if an employee reports an event to the ATSAP program.
What is everyone's take on this? Do you think it's a good thing or bad? Do you think they mean it when they say non-punitive or not?