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Ground operations involve all aspects of aircraft handling at airports except for when aircraft are actively using runways. Safety challenges during ground operations include ensuring aircraft do not collide with each other or debris, are safely parked and docked, and are properly prepared for departure with correct loading, sufficient fuel, and de-icing if needed. Effective quality assurance systems are required between aircraft operators and ground service contractors due to shared responsibilities for aircraft handling and safety.

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Ground Operations 2

Ground operations involve all aspects of aircraft handling at airports except for when aircraft are actively using runways. Safety challenges during ground operations include ensuring aircraft do not collide with each other or debris, are safely parked and docked, and are properly prepared for departure with correct loading, sufficient fuel, and de-icing if needed. Effective quality assurance systems are required between aircraft operators and ground service contractors due to shared responsibilities for aircraft handling and safety.

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Ground Operations

Description
Ground Operations involves all aspects of aircraft handling at airports as well as aircraft
movement around the aerodrome, except on active runways. The safety challenges of
ground operations arise, in part, directly from those operations; for example, ensuring that
aircraft are not involved in collisions and that the jet efflux from large aircraft does not
endanger small ones. Even more important, ground operations involve the preparation of
aircraft for departure and must be done in such a way that the subsequent flight will be safe;
for example, correct loading of cargo and baggage, sufficient and verified fuel of adequate
quantity and quality and the correct use of Aircraft Ground De/Anti-Icing facilities, where
appropriate. Runway Incursion may arise during or as a result of ground operations, but are
covered by a separate category.

Safety Challenges
Examples of safety challenges involving ground operations directly include:
 ensuring that aircraft are not involved in collisions with other aicraft when moving and that
the jet efflux from large aircraft does not hazard small ones;
 ensuring that aircraft are not damaged by debris left on the aircraft manoeuvring areas;
 ensuring safe parking and docking of aircraft;
 minimising the risk of impact damage to parked aircraft and ensuring that any such impact,
even if apparently minor, is reported and subject to maintenance inspection as appropriate
prior to any further flight operation;
 maintaining adequate surface friction on manoeuvring areas;
 provision of adequate signage, markings and lighting so that aircraft are able to follow their
taxi clearances properly;
 providing ATM capability which matches the complexity of ground operational movements.
Examples of safety challenges arising from ground operations concerned with the
preparation of aircraft for departure include:
 correct loading of the aircaft, and especially of its cargo and baggage, including
any Dangerous Goods;
 correct communication of aircraft loading information to the aircaft commander;
 sufficient and verified fuel of adequate quantity and quality; and,
 the correct use of ground de/anti-icing facilities where appropriate.
Much of the activity required in connection with aircraft handling or ground service provision
may be dealt with by a collection of contractors and sub contractors rather than people
employed directly by the Aircraft Operator; this activity can have a direct bearing on the
safety of flight. Such arrangements require that effective Quality Assurance systems are
used by both the Aircraft Operator and the various service providers. Many of the issues
associated with human factors for highly trained professionals also apply to the various
unlicensed operatives who both carry out and operationally supervise the various aircraft
ground handling tasks when the aircraft is on or in the vicinity of its parking stand or gate.

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