Description

The United Kingdom Confidential Human Factors Incident Reporting Programme (CHIRP) is intended to improve the safety of the travelling public and that of individuals employed within or associated with aviation operations.

Main principles

The underlining principles of the Programme are:

• CHIRP is a supplementary reporting channel.
• Reports are treated with confidence and the reporter's identity is protected.
• CHIRP does not replace any safety management systems.
• CHIRP is not to be used for events that require mandatory reports.

Reporting procedures

Events that are supposed to be reported: