When the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command (AMC) needed to develop their next-generation aviation Line Operations Safety Audit (LOSA) management system, they engaged our aviation and aeromedical safety management experts to expand their LOSA programming beyond the cockpit to aeromedical evacuation teams, dispatch, airdrop, boom operations, and maintenance.

Synensys provided direction, strategy, know-how, benchmark data, advanced analytics, and a highly skilled team to customize the AMC LOSA programming to better integrate safety management systems, develop a more positive culture of safety, and support continuous improvement of threat and error management systems.

AMC has been able to develop a customized LOSA program capable of interfacing and integrating with multiple safety management data sets leading to comprehensive system improvements in safety culture, reporting, Airman resilience, and threat/error management.

Helicopters are an essential force component for the U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) and Air Force District of Washington (AFDW) across numerous locations and multiple mission requirements. AFGSC and AFDW selected Synensys for their first-ever rotary UH-1N helicopter Line Operations Safety Audit (LOSA) to assess, analyze, and improve their safety management system.

The collaboration between the Synensys LOSA team, the AFDW/AFGSC Safety staff, and frontline UH-1N operators created a genuine partnership focused on robust safety data analysis, proactive safety management, mission readiness, and the well-being of all UH-1N crew members, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Next-Generation LOSA produced numerous proactive recommendations to improve safety for the UH-1N helicopter community. Dozens of real and actionable improvement areas were identified while also creating a baseline for measuring system improvements over time for future Air Force Rotary LOSAs.