EFFECTS OF REPORTING SAFETY CONCERNS ON AVIATION SAFETY IN THE GENERAL AVIATION INDUSTRY A CASE STUDY OF WILSON AIRPORT KENYA

A study was conducted to determine the effect of safety occurrence reporting systems on aviation safety. The study focused on a sample of 39 respondents from the general aviation industry in Kenya in which they gave their perceptions on the effect of safety occurrence reporting on aviation safety at Wilson airport. The study analyzed whether or not there is a significant relationship between aviation safety and incident reporting of safety occurrences at Wilson airport. Data were collected via questionnaires from 39 respondents working at Wilson airport. The study utilized descriptive statistics, correlation and regression statistics to analyze the data. The findings of the survey show that there was a significant relationship between the level of implementation on reporting of safety occurrences (r=0.636) and organizational commitment on reporting systems (r=0.742). At 5% level of significance and 95% level of confidence, the researcher established that the level of implementation of reporting systems had significant level of 0.000, while organizational commitment on reporting systems had 0.088. These findings indicated that the organizational commitment on reporting systems was the most significant factor that affects aviation safety, followed by the level of implementation of reporting systems at Wilson airport. The study focused on employees working at Wilson airport and how their organizations handled aviation safety occurrences. The results suggested an improvement on the level of implementation of reporting systems and organizational commitment on reporting systems, however there is need to further improve aviation safety. The results of the study have valuable implications for policy makers in the general aviation at Wilson airport.