FAA Flight Plan Performance Report
Flight Plan Performance Report
FAA Flight Plan 3rd Quarter Performance Report — June 2009
What is the Flight Plan?
It is 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 provides the foundation for achieving this mission based on four goal areas: Increased Safety, Greater Capacity, International Leadership, and Organizational Excellence. Our 2009 — 2013 Flight Plan (PDF) is available.
How do we tie pay to performance?
As a pay-for-performance agency, 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. Under the performance-based plan, employees' annual pay raise is based on an organizational success increase (OSI). A full OSI payout requires us to meet at least 90 percent, or 28 out of 31, of the Flight Plan performance targets at the end of the fiscal year.
How are we doing?
By the end of the second quarter, 84 percent of our targets are green, with two red performance targets and three yellow performance targets. In the Safety Goal Area, Operational Errors is RED, and both Terminal and En Route facilities are reviewing the incidents to determine causal factors and appropriate interventions. Although we are seeing an improvement over time, we are not yet where we need to be to achieve this target. Alaska Accidents is also RED as there have been four more accidents than our performance limit. Several actions are underway to reduce these accidents, including a joint effort between the FAA and Medallion. This program includes television advertisements and a no-cost simulator to assist pilots in their reorientation into the busier summer flying season. Lastly, our General Aviation Fatal Accident Rate is YELLOW. Our initial target was set using an estimated traffic count for this time period which was much higher than the actual data now available; this lower traffic count means each accident has a greater negative effect on the rate. We will continue to watch this closely during the busy summer months ahead.
In the Capacity Goal Area, NAS On-Time Arrival remains YELLOW. We require this to be above the target by 2 percent during the year to be green, which gives us a "cushion" for meeting the end-of-year target.
The International Leadership Goal Area continues to remain successful in meeting all four targets.
The Organizational Excellence Goal Area ends this quarter with the Clean Audit target a deliberate cautionary YELLOW.
Where are we going?
For FY 2009, we have refreshed our Flight Plan to improve our metrics and align our resources and priorities, to meet the needs of the future, including the implementation of the Next Generation Air Transportation System, while remaining focused on safety. We will continue to track our progress towards meeting our targets and the expectations of our employees and stakeholders. We invite you to check back with us on our status for 4th quarter (preliminary year end results) at the end of September.
J. Randolph Babbitt
Administrator