FAA Flight Plan Performance Report
Flight Plan Performance Report
FAA Flight Plan 4th Quarter Performance Report — September 2009
What is the Flight Plan?
It is the FAA’s strategic plan for 2009 through 2013. Our mission is to provide the safest and most efficient aerospace system in the world. The Flight Plan is based on four goal areas: Increased Safety, Greater Capacity, International Leadership, and Organizational Excellence. 2009 — 2013 Flight Plan (PDF) is available on the FAA website at www.faa.gov.
How do we tie pay to performance?
The FAA uses a performance-based system for compensating our employees. Pay is adjusted each year based on the agency’s success in meeting the Flight Plan performance targets. All employee performance plans are linked directly back to those targets. Employees’ annual pay raise is based on the organizational success increase (OSI). A full OSI payout requires us to meet at least 90 percent, (28 of 31), of the Flight Plan performance targets at the end of the fiscal year.
How are we doing?
On Nov. 10th, 2009, the executive management team and I reviewed the final results of the FY 2009 Flight Plan, and I was very pleased with the outcome. It made me very proud once again of all that has been accomplished this past year by the FAA workforce. Of our 31 Performance Targets for FY2009, we met 28 of them, with three of our Strategic Goal Areas (Greater Capacity, International Leadership, and Organization Excellence) all meeting their performance targets. However, we can’t ignore the fact that we did not meet three crucial targets under the Safety Goal -- GA Fatal Accidents, Alaska Accidents, and Operational Errors. Safety is primarily what the FAA is all about, so we have a lot of work to do with the aviation community in these areas and we will be putting extra focus on them in the coming year. That said, we need to mention the progress we have already made in Alaska Accidents. While this target measures ALL accidents, the vast majority of them were minor. FY2009 has been the year with the lowest number of fatal accidents and the lowest number of fatalities in Alaska. In fact, in both GA Fatal Accidents and Alaska Accidents, we were close to reaching our targets, exceeding them by only about 5 percent. So, I see both of these as achievable targets, and we will not be satisfied until we meet them. Close is not good enough. Congratulations, this is a real team success, and I want to thank you all for stepping up and meeting these challenges. These were not easy targets and achieving them showcases once again the professionalism and talent of the FAA workforce. Bravo.
Randy
J. Randolph Babbitt
Administrator