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Current and former employees working in the general aviation sector are being encouraged to complete a new mental health and wellbeing survey.
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The project is being overseen by Angela Garvey – Australian Aviation’s Excellence Award winner – and hopes to help ensure that aviation workers can access support without fear of judgement, particularly after an accident or safety incident.
Garvey separately set up ‘Navigating Aviation’, a confidential counselling and support service, following a fatal plane crash in her skydiving business in 2006. She appeared on the Australian Aviation podcast to discuss the experience, which you can listen to below.
The new ‘National General Aviation Culture and Wellbeing Survey’ will be open to everyone in the Australian general aviation industry over the next four weeks, targeting current and former workers.
“It’s not only about ensuring appropriate and accessible support following serious events like an aircraft incident, it also involves addressing the unique psychosocial hazards of the aviation industry,” Garvey said.
“This can be achieved by equipping businesses and management to better recognise and manage these psychosocial hazards, much like a safety management system, and in accordance with their obligations under the Workplace Health and Safety Act.”
The survey is being conducted as part of the Women in The Aviation Industry Initiative, established in 2019 and administered by the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts.
“Aviation is the most highly regulated industry in the world, yet the most critical safety element is often ignored: its people,” Garvey said. “General aviation businesses form the backbone of the aviation industry, yet they often lack dedicated support structures.”
“Unlike larger aviation businesses and airlines, general aviation does not have dedicated employee assistance programs, counselling, or tailored educational programs to help businesses and managers recognise and manage the psychosocial hazards unique to aviation.”
To take part in this survey, click this link. Organisations wishing to take part should email Angela directly at [email protected].
