How Safe Are Pilot Schools in Indonesia? Measuring Safety Performance in Flight Training
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Accidents and serious incidents are the primary objectives to be avoided in aviation operations. Based on data from the Indonesian National Transportation Safety Commission, 190 accidents and serious incidents occurred from 2010 to early 2024. Among these 190 incidents, 10.5% were attributable to flight training operations conducted by student pilots in Indonesia; therefore, the level of safety performance in flight schools warrants measurement. This research aims to measure safety performance by using safety promotion and safety intelligence as exogenous variables. Safety leadership is both an intervening and a moderating variable in the relationship among these variables. The research was conducted at pilot schools run by the Indonesian Government. A total of 102 participants were included using a saturated sampling technique. The research employs a quantitative SEM-PLS approach in SmartPLS3. The results showed that 6 of the 7 hypotheses were accepted. All direct relationships between variables are significant, whereas the mediating and moderating variables do not influence the relationships among safety promotion, safety intelligence, and safety performance. Reflecting on the flight training operations carried out by the Indonesian government, the training flight operations fulfill the level of safety that has been determined as measured by the 3 important roles played by Quality Assurance, Quality Control, and the Chief Instructor, as well as by the level of implementation of a good safety management system in each school.
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