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Nav Canada wins CANSO Global Safety Achievement Award

The Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO) has selected Nav Canada as the 2023 recipient of its CANSO Global Safety Achievement Award, which recognizes individuals, teams, or companies that have made a significant contribution to aviation safety in the past 12 months.

The award went to Nav for its Nav Canada Fatigue Risk Management PowerBi App, which integrates three reports – Fatigue Risk, Fatigue Limit Exceedance, and Fatigue Review – to support the organization’s Fatigue Risk Management System (FRMS). According to Nav officials, the app allows Nav Canada to proactively manage fatigue and monitor fatigue limit exceedance for over 2,000 operational employees over five time zones located at more than a hundred units, and also supports investigations into safety events where fatigue may be a contributing factor. “This data-driven approach provides better information to internal stakeholders, including unions, to collaboratively identify mitigations,” Nav officials said.

“Amidst the impressive array of nominations, we are grateful to recognize the Nav Canada Fatigue Risk Management PowerBi App as a standout,” said Osman Saafan, chair of the CANSO Safety Standing Committee. “Given the contemporary emphasis on global safety, this initiative has emerged as a leading initiative and an innovative solution.”

The winner was announced during the CANSO Global Safety Achievement Conference 2023 Gala Dinner on Nov. 28, hosted by AirNav Ireland in Dublin, Ireland.