Imagine you come to Anchorage to play ping pong at NorthWest Data Solutions' headquarters. You fancy yourself as a pretty good ping pong player, so you are confident that you will not be skunked by NWDS' professional software engineers.
A small problem may arise as you are trying to keep score.
Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation
How many of you find reading FAA's Part 5-Safety Management Systems relaxing and enjoyable?
Do you pick up Part 5 during your vacation and say, "Wow, this is so cool!?" Let's enjoy some light reading while I'm watching the kids play in the water. Part 5 is not a difficult read, especially if you are familiar with aviation SMS requirements.
But some snares will grab you like a shark coming from underneath.
Topics: 1-Safety Policy
The dust has settled since the FAA has released "Safety Management Systems for Domestic, Flag, and Supplemental Operations Certificate Holders." Being an aviation SMS geek, I finally got around to reading it with a critical eye.
If you are the safety manager for a part 121 carrier, chances are that you have already read it. I'm wondering whether other safety managers are seeing what I'm seeing, or am I misunderstanding these Part 5 SMS requirements?
Topics: 1-Safety Policy
Many aviation safety managers use email to collect hazard and safety reports. Email serves as an extremely convenient vehicle for employees and stakeholders to communicate safety concerns to safety teams. After all, most people today have access to email accounts and many carry a personal device with email capabilities in either their:
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
This is a question that comes up a lot.
Especially when we start throwing other words into the mix like:
It can get confusing quickly. Many people ask – what’s the difference?
Topics: Aviation SMS Database
Many mid-sized to large aviation service providers have two software systems where one solution would suffice.
These systems are
The logical leap would be to improve efficiencies and determine whether these systems can be merged. Another logical leap would be to use these existing systems to track other things, like:
Topics: 3-Safety Assurance
Aviation safety managers understand what is required when it comes to managing their aviation safety management systems (SMS). They have read considerable aviation SMS documentation, such as
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
After a dozen years being an aviation safety management systems (SMS) database architect, I have heard just about every question imaginable about aviation safety software.
Among the most common questions we get are:
Before we answer this question, we should familiarize you with the overall architecture of an aviation SMS database solution.
Topics: Aviation SMS Database
These two on-demand videos offer:
