Advanced Aviation SMS: Seek Permission Before Focusing on SMS Profits
How to Discover Hidden Value in Your Aviation SMS
Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation, 2-Safety Risk Management
How to Create Aviation SMS Implementation Plan - with Templates
What You Need to Know about Aviation SMS Implementation Plans
If you are reading this, chances are you have just begun implementing your aviation safety management systems (SMS). Or, you would like to see how your implementation plan stacks up against the suggested process for creating an implementation plan.
Either way, the important things you need to know about aviation SMS implementation plans are that they:
- Organize all elements of SMS;
- Provide you with a road map of implementation-order;
Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation
Benefits of Aviation SMS for Flight Schools
Flight schools operate with many risky hazards every day.
Students are inexperienced, usually younger, and are new to technology and hazards of flying.
Moreover, the pressure that students undergoing flight training feel to perform well naturally makes them less prepared to identify hazards early on.
Of course, while flight schools need to prepare highly successful pilots, maintenance workers, air traffic controllers, etc., the FAA’s new compliance policy that airlines have a safety management system in place is a testament to the fact that safety performance is an integral part of overall performance.
Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation
How to Sustain an SMS Implementation (with Free Resources)
Characteristics of a Sustainable SMS Implementation
Sustainability is a modern buzz word, and aviation safety management systems (SMS) are no exception. Sustainable SMS implementations are those that survive
- upper management personnel changes,
- safety manager changes, and
- high volume of employee turnover.
The question every safety manager and/or upper manager needs to ask is, does my SMS implementation achieve these sustainable goals?
Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation
10 Tasks for Starting Aviation SMS Implementation (& in This Order)
Most Important Items for Starting SMS Implementation
If you are reading this article, chances are that you either already have started implementing an aviation safety management system (SMS), or you are considering an SMS implementation.
Starting an aviation SMS implementation from ground zero may be confusing and difficult for any safety professional, much less a layperson who may be tasked to implement an aviation SMS. There so much to do, such as
- gap analysis;
- implementation plan;
Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation
Adaptable and Creative Aviation SMS Implementations
Bringing Life to a System
It’s easy to get lost in the bureaucracy side of aviation safety management systems' (SMS):
- Policies and procedures;
- Safety accountabilities;
- SMS training;
- Risk management processes;
- Management of change;
- SMS documentation requirements;
Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation
How Do Aviation Safety Managers Prevent the Next Accident?
Idle Time Doesn’t Have to Be Dreaded
Aviation safety managers are hardworking professionals, and their daily work schedules can be hectic, challenging, and extremely busy. But for many safety officers – and I’m guessing you may be one of them – there may be times when things become pretty quiet on the "SMS front", as if everything is under control...finally. And a big sigh of relief comes.
Then you suddenly find yourself rubbing your hands together, wondering how to best spend your time. What can I do to add value to our aviation safety management system (SMS)?
Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation
43 Benefits of Aviation Safety Management Systems (Proven)
Safety Benefits of Aviation Safety Management Systems
The most obvious benefits of implementing an aviation safety management system (SMS) are the marked improvements in safety.
Just to give you an idea of exactly how successful aviation SMS implementations have been, the only statistic you need to know is that 20 years ago there were four times as many workplace accidents as last year.
Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation
Why Small Operators Need Safety Management Systems
Aviation safety management systems (SMS) are not just for large airlines and airports with high traffic volumes.
Small aviation service providers are in just as much need of implementing formal aviation SMS as are larger operations. All operators use the same SMS implementation guidelines as larger operators; however, they are not evaluated equally, as larger operators logically fall under higher regulator scrutiny than smaller operators, as the volume of their business implies greater risk.
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