The QA at any facility is not affected one iota by a NASA form. It goes
on regardless.




Sam Spade wrote:
Brad wrote:

Sam Spade wrote:


ATC tapes are now retained for 30 days at most facilities. The ASRS
specialist would deal directly with the ATC facility. The FSDO has no
role in a matter involving ATC that is reported via an ASRS report.

One of the primary reasons for the 10-day limitation on reporting was
the 15-day ATC tape retention cycle, which was the norm when the ASRS
was established.



So it's reviewed by the in-house QA staffer at the facility? I was
previously under the understanding that ASRS incidents were analyzed
statistically as a whole rather than individually, to analyze trends in
safety. Thanks for the clarification.


The statistics are the end product.

But, if the specialist doesn't dig into the issue then the statistics
are meaningless.

To what extent the QA folks at the facility delve into the incident
varies with the dynamics of the NASA staffer and the facility. It
certainly is not as good as it used to be in general. But, that doesn't
mean some incidents aren't still handled quite well.