Many newly-appointed safety managers try to single-handedly push their organization's aviation safety management systems (SMS) to success. Safety managers are hired to perform an ambitious undertaking that is not heartily welcomed by the entire organization.
Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation, 1-Safety Policy, Quality-Safety Management
Does your aviation SMS make money? Probably not.
Why not? Most aviation SMS failures result from operators consistently neglecting to follow the prescribed aviation SMS recipe as originally designed.
Aviation safety management systems (SMS) are designed to be implemented in a top-down managerial style for some "not-so-obvious reasons." For one reason, the "accountable executive" cannot accurately be considered "accountable" when safety initiatives and budgets exist beyond their direct control.
For most operators implementing regulatory compliant aviation safety management systems (SMS), their primary business goal was obviously regulatory compliance. Otherwise, thousands of aviation service providers would have initiated aviation SMS before ICAO's November 2006 mandate.
Topics: Aviation SMS Database, Safety Culture
An aviation safety management system (SMS) provides service providers with risk management processes that are:
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
Many modern line-level aviation managers maintain an imperfect perception of value relating to cost-effective aviation operations. These immature, untrained value hunters act as if leadership prizes value solely from the bottom-line perspective,
Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation, 2-Safety Risk Management
If you cannot handle emotional pain or controversy today, please don't read this. I certainly don't mean to offend, but I have to say this:
Most aviation service providers are lying regarding their aviation SMS implementations.
What? We just spent tens of thousands of dollars on aviation safety management system (SMS) implementation consultants, and we don't have an SMS implementation?
Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation
In most cases, aviation safety managers are:
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
FAA Part 5 - Safety Management Systems has a subtle, but important requirement stuck in subsection 5.25 Designation and responsibilities of required safety management personnel.
Topics: 3-Safety Assurance
Quickly, look at the picture at the right.
What is the "hazard?"
What is the "risk?"
I consider myself well-educated with a college education.
I understand English, as it is my first language.
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
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