Enhancing Aviation Safety: Expert Insights, Tips, and Updates from SMS-Pro

FAA’s Safety Risk Management (SRM) Process for Risk Analysis

Thankfully, the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) SRM compliance requirement for Risk Analysis is fairly clear.

Subpar Aviation SMS Training Courses Are Worthless

Finding quality aviation safety management systems (SMS) training can be tricky.

Like any industry, the aviation industry is rattled with subpar training courses. Generally, these SMS courses are subpar because for consistent reasons.

What Is Aviation SMS Performance?

Aviation service providers around the world have been devoting considerable resources to implement formal aviation safety management systems (SMS).

Aviation Risk Management Is More Than Data and Processes

In most aviation safety management systems (SMS), the single most important factor for superior risk management capabilities often, unfortunately, receives the least attention: a mature safety risk culture –

Aviation SMS in Flight Schools Benefits Everyone

When I first forayed into the aviation industry, the first thing I learned was that the aviation industry is far more than simply flying.

A Different Look at Aviation SMS Human Factors

I’ve never much cared for the phrase “Human Factors.”

It has a negative edge to it that unfortunately has tended to bleed into the mindset of many aviation SMS implementations as the “Human Problem” - the thing that needs to be fixed.

The FAA SAS Profile for

As you may already know from our previous post, our FAA SAS Profile provides the collection of tools that aviation safety professionals need for assessing their certificates' safety assurance requirements.

Understanding FAA SAS

Flight Standards Service (AFS) Safety Assurance System (SAS) is the new oversight system for 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) parts 121, 135 and 145.

Transparency Is a Philosophical Question

A high level of transparency in aviation safety management systems (SMS) is critical for creating: