Aviation safety managers around the world are charged with implementing required aviation safety management systems (SMS). SMS implementations affect entire organizations and not simply a single department, such as:
Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation
Aviation safety managers come and go. At the most volatile organizations, we see safety managers change every six months to a year.
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
Safety performance monitoring in aviation SMS is the primary way you will assess your safety program. This assessment happens in two different ways:
Aviation safety managers are responsible for the development, operation, and continuous improvement of our world's aviation safety management systems (SMS).
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
Considerable numbers of aviation managers in the United States and a few other countries groaned when ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) mandated that most aviation service providers implement formal aviation safety management systems (SMS).
Americans, by nature, are rebellious against government involvement in commercial activities.
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
Risk management has always been the core element of effective aviation safety programs. Before the advent of formal aviation safety management systems (SMS), aviation service providers managed operational risk in their everyday activities,
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
Imagine you are the pilot recently assigned the "extra" task of being the safety manager of an existing aviation safety management system (SMS).
Or perhaps you are the safety manager who has worked hard for years and your SMS is running very smoothly. Now what?
Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation
An SMS provides management with a framework to facilitate decision-making and to dynamically shape the operating environment. Continuous improvement is a core element of every mature SMS.
Topics: 3-Safety Assurance
Aviation Safety Management Systems (SMS) are the backbone of modern aviation safety, providing a structured approach to
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
Aviation safety management systems are formal, structured methodologies for managing aviation safety programs. ICAO mandated that most aviation service providers implement SMS programs in 2006.
There are guidelines as to aviation SMS requirements that most SMS professionals are familiar with,
Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation
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