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A look back at National Airport Safety Week 2024
National Airport Safety Week took place from September 23 to 27, 2024. ADM Aéroports de Montréal’s SMS team deployed numerous initiatives to raise awareness among the airport community of the best practices to adopt airside to ensure high air safety performance. Quizzes, a luncheon, a vehicle cleaning area, and a FOD Walk—needless to say, it […]
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Making the difference with a zero FOD attitude
Who hasn’t heard of Foreign Object Debris, commonly known as FOD? These objects or materials, sometimes unusual, which are found on our movement areas: including, but not limited to, paper, cardboard, plastics, vegetable matter, glass, metal parts belonging or not belonging to an aircraft, tools, hardware, etc. As you can see, the list is long. […]
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The importance of movement area safety
It’s hard to celebrate National Airport Safety Week without talking about movement area safety. Today, we’d like to give you a better understanding of how these areas work, and the golden rules for getting around them, as they are used for landing, take-off and aircraft movements on the ground. Movement area 101 tips To ensure […]
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Aviation safety: a participatory week!
We’re here! National Airport Safety Week begins today. This year’s program has been designed to remind you of the importance of the efforts required to minimize airside risks and ensure a high level of air safety performance. It’s been said repeatedly that a well-functioning SMS requires a collaborative approach. As a reminder, the theme of […]
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National Airport Safety Week: discover our program!
September 23 to 27 is National Airport Safety Week, organized by the Canadian Airports Council (CAC). During this awareness-raising week, we’ll be focusing our efforts on organizing activities to further develop our safety culture and raise employee awareness of the need to maintain safe working practices and methods to protect their colleagues and passengers. We […]
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You’ve got an eye… on FODs!
Did you know that one of the main risks to aviation safety are FODs? These objects, sometimes small, sometimes larger, sometimes even unusual, that are left on the apron or runways and can cause catastrophic damage. Foreign Object Debris (commonly referred to as FODs) includes, but is not limited to, paper, cardboard, plastic, vegetable matter, […]
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Ideas for maximum safety… airside!
This Airport Safety Week, let’s take a moment to stop and consider our environment and the (often rapid!) changes that can alter it. In an airport context, things can change very quickly, and we need to be constantly vigilant and agile to maintain a good level of safety. To give you some food for thought, […]
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Airport Safety Week 2023: let’s commit to a safer YUL!
Every year, the Canadian Airports Council (CAC) rolls out a major awareness campaign, called Airport Safety Week, highlighting the main priorities in the field of aviation safety. ADM Aéroports de Montréal works closely with the CAC every year to provide the YUL community with the information and tools it needs to ensure that airport safety […]
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