You could also say that lack of hazard and safety reporting in an aviation safety management system (SMS) can break a company.
Hazard reporting is critically important to any aviation service provider if it wants to benefit from its investment in the required and voluntary SMS.
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
The risk matrix is the standard risk assessment tool in aviation SMS and other risk management industries. It’s a standard tool because it’s simple and accomplishes all of the needs of a risk assessment, namely:
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
Monitoring safety performance in aviation safety management systems (SMS) is undoubtedly one of the most important tasks you will undertake in your SMS. Regulatory requirements turn to monitoring the performance of the SMS from a "nice-to-have program" for reducing risk and avoiding accidents
Topics: 3-Safety Assurance
Every aviation safety management system (SMS) must be implemented in a top-down fashion.
There can be no other way, regardless of how liberal you think your company is.
Topics: 3-Safety Assurance
In early 2007, when we started designing and developing SMS Pro, I was mildly surprised that many aviation safety managers called a Web application to manage aviation safety events a "safety management system" (SMS) database.
A Key Performance Indicator (KPI) measures how effectively aviation service providers are achieving key business or safety objectives. Civil aviation authorities also use KPIs to evaluate their success at reaching safety targets.
When focusing on safety, there is a tendency of some safety professionals to use the term "safety performance indicator" (SPI) to differentiate pure business metrics from safety metrics.
Topics: Key Performance Indicators
80% of aviation service providers have trouble getting employees to participate in aviation safety management systems (SMS).
Most safety managers accept this challenge and strive to implement consistent safety promotion activities, such as
Topics: 3-Safety Assurance
A professional, task-driven safety manager has been assigned to implement an airline or airport's safety program. Under "safety policy" one section of the safety manual requires an Organizational Chart.
Topics: 1-Safety Policy
For many aviation service providers, implementing and sustaining aviation safety management system (SMS) remains the sole province of the safety managers. This is true whether you are an:
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
Most safety professionals have a common-sense perception about how to monitor the safety performance of their aviation safety management system (SMS). After all, isn't safety performance monitoring just a fancy phrase for setting goals and tracking them?
Topics: 3-Safety Assurance
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