Before Your Flight vs Simple FRAT

The App is provided free of charge by Airbus Helicopters to support helicopter pilots in the risk assessment phase of their flight preparation. The application guides the pilot through a mission-customized quiz to assess the risk exposure of a flight. The resulting risk evaluation and risk mitigation proposals are there to support the flight preparation. The pilot can also decide to share this evaluation with his company’s Safety Manager within the application. In order to highlight the background of some factors, some reading suggestions from renowned safety working groups worldwide are linked in the quiz. In an effort to share this best practice as largely as possible, several language options are available in the application.

Proper risk assessment is an integral part of Aviation Decision Making (ADM). SimpleFRAT enters this space as tool in your ADM toolkit allowing you to consistently evaluate the risk of your proposed flight against a standard set of risk factors, identifying the potential risk level of the flight. It is ultimately the Pilot In Command's decision to make the flight, but Simple FRAT can help make that decision more methodical. You can utilize our standard FRAT, or create your own to build a truly streamlined experience.