Aviation safety management systems (SMS) are viewed as complex systems comprised of multiple, interdependent subsystems. These subsystems include, but are not limited to:
Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation
FAA Part 5 compliance for Safety Policy is largely the concern of new aviation SMS implementations for Part 121 operators.
An aviation safety management system (SMS) is logically broken up into components and elements. This logical arrangement makes it easier for safety professionals to organize multiple subsystems within a large, interrelated system of elements.
Safety Policy requirements are mainly fulfilled in the first phase of aviation SMS implementation and reviewed throughout the lifetime of the SMS.
Topics: 1-Safety Policy
Safety transparency is a big deal in aviation safety management systems (SMS). On one hand, employees need protection from managerial reprisals and negative peer pressure when self-reporting errors and mistakes. On the other hand, employees are genuinely interested in learning what dangers lurk in the workplace and how to avoid these dangers.
How much safety information should be shared?
Topics: 4-Safety Promotion
Flight schools operate with many risky hazards every day.
Students are inexperienced, usually younger, and are new to technology and the hazards of flying.
Moreover, the pressure that students undergoing flight training feel to perform well naturally makes them less prepared to identify hazards early on.
Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation
Since November 2006, most aviation service providers have been required to implement formal aviation safety management systems (SMS). In order to assure compliance, aviation SMS oversight is provided by:
Topics: Risk Management Training
The actions taken within the first 5 minutes of an emergency can largely dictate the severity of consequences. In this case, “severity of consequences” can involve catastrophic financial, environmental or material damage, and/or major loss of life.
Employees need a plan of action to count on when emergencies strike in order to minimize damages.
An emergency response plan is a manual that companies use to address many different types of emergencies.
Topics: Quality-Safety Management
Risk in aviation safety management systems (SMS) is a tricky subject. Not only is it treated differently in different organizations, but safety professionals tend to get up in arms in front of differing opinions.
The truth is that “risk” is a terribly nebulous word and concept, with multiple ways to use it. What’s important is NOT that you “know what risk is” so much as you “define what risk means to your organization.”
Here are multiple ways that “risk” is used in the risk management industry,
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
"Safety Policy" is a major asset for building an effective safety culture in aviation safety management systems (SMS). An aviation SMS is a complex system of interrelated components and elements, and "Safety Policy" is one of the four SMS components (or pillars). For a quick review, the four SMS components are:
Topics: 1-Safety Policy
Aviation safety management systems (SMS) have been required by most aviation service providers since the November 2006 ICAO mandate. To add structure to SMS implementations and to educate safety professionals, ICAO provides SMS implementation guidance in the form of a Safety Management Manual (SMM), now in the fourth edition.
In the SMM, aviation SMS implementation requirements are logically grouped under four components (also known as four pillars):
Topics: 4-Safety Promotion
Risk management decision-making processes will dictate the success of your aviation safety management system (SMS). Period.
Every change, no matter how small, arises from a risk management decision. Decision-making processes in risk management programs are often seen as a formal,
Topics: 3-Safety Assurance
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