QUICKSTOPPERS: Connected AvORM EFB App
By Mr. Kevin Sluss, CSP, HQ AMC Flight Safety
The next level of access to Aviation Operational Risk Management (AvORM) progressed to worldwide aircrews with the release of the AvORM Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) App version 2.1. in February 2020. Since the release of the first version of the app in February 2019, aircrews could manually enter an itinerary, make risk factor inputs, and review the mission effectiveness (fatigue) graph as a stand-alone event, and that capability remains. Now with the connected app, an aircrew can securely download an itinerary from a mission built in the Global Decision Support System (GDSS) any time the EFB contacts a Wi-Fi signal. Users can save a copy of those missions from GDSS into the local (stand-alone) portion of the app and perform any actions that were available in the earlier version of the app. While connected to Wi-Fi, users can update any previously loaded GDSS missions to the current online version. Users can now transmit updates to online AvORM through the app, particularly for the health/stress and fatigue risk factors when on a multi-day mission. This access provides the Mobility Air Forces’ system with the enhanced capability to monitor the status of missions in progress. For more information, review the help document provided in the app or the AMC/SEF Air Force Portal AvORM page that now includes a short tutorial on the new app release.