Safety Reporting

UTRS developed the WBAT platform to support ASAP under contract with the FAA. UTRS has been a contractor to the FAA since the 1990s and has grown its organization into a full-scale safety organization that provides programs to advance industry standards and best practices, and to promote the universal acceptance of safety management systems to the aviation industry. UTRS is currently the primary developer and contractor for the FAA promoting and supporting ASAP and SMS through system and process development

UTRS WBAT, in cooperation with your company, its employees and the FAA, has established an Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP). This program is a voluntary, self-reporting program designed to identify and reduce possible flight safety concerns. ASAP uses employee input to identify significant safety concerns and issues; operational deficiencies; non-compliance with regulations; deviations from company policies and procedures; and unusual events. Each report is reviewed and corrective actions determined based on a non-disciplinary approach to flight safety.

ASAP fosters a voluntary, cooperative, non-punitive environment for the open reporting of safety of flight concerns. Through such reporting, all participants have access to valuable safety information that might not otherwise be obtainable. This information is analyzed, and corrective action is developed, to help resolve safety issues and possibly eliminate deviations from the federal aviation regulations (FARs). When a report is accepted under ASAP, the FAA will use lesser enforcement action or no enforcement action, depending on whether it is a sole-source report, to address an event involving possible noncompliance with the FARs.

This ASAP program applies to all covered employees of your company, and only to events that occur while acting in that capacity. A copy of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) between your company, UTRS WBAT, and the FAA can be viewed on this page. The appendix to the MOU identifies the covered employees for each participating company.

A report will not be accepted into ASAP when the event involves any of the following: intentional noncompliance with the FARs, intentional disregard for safety, criminal activity, substance abuse, controlled substances, alcohol, or intentional falsification.