Safety Committee Organisation

The Safety Committee is responsible to the BGA executive committee for advice on all flight safety aspects of gliding. This includes:

1. Collating and analysing of all reported accidents & incidents as currently defined by Operational Regulations.
2. Producing and publishing statistics and safety information. Interpreting statistics, and in particular determining whether specific trends exist in a pattern of accidents. Making recommendations for action appropriate to any determined trends.
3. Liaison with other BGA committees where appropriate.
4. Appointing and co-ordinating the activities of BGA Regional Safety Officers (RSOs).

The function of RSO's is to assist clubs in their regions: to help clubs with safety policies and issues; review club safety check lists; and to conduct club visits to assist in identifying areas and practices which might be improved. They will also advise, if requested, on how to complete accident reports after the initial notification, and can help to decide upon any club actions which may be needed following analysis of incidents and accidents. For initial contact with your RSO, please go via the BGA office who will forward your enquiry, unless the RSO has already given you their contact details to enable you to approach them directly. A full list showing how clubs have been allocated amongst the RSOs is available here.

The Safety Committee chairman is Brian Penfold. He can be contacted at:

Phone: 07766 335746

Email: brian.penfold@btinternet.com

Regional Safety Officers

With effect from 10th September 2007, the RSO West Country(replacing Andy Hill on the club allocations list) is John Hull 07887 591933