In aviation safety management systems (SMS), the accountable executive is responsible for ensuring their SMS is both:
To ensure the SMS is performing as designed, accountable executives should be regularly reviewing organizational safety performance.
Topics: Risk Management Software
Management of change in aviation safety management systems (SMS) is a complex undertaking because so often it involves performing in-depth risk analysis and risk assessments on current and hypothetical
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
Bowtie analysis in aviation safety management systems (SMS) databases is a fairly new tool that is catching on with great success in aviation risk management programs. There are not many SMS databases that have the bowtie, but if you want a great risk management tool seamlessly incorporated into your hazard and risk register, then getting an SMS database with the bowtie is a great choice.
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
Surprisingly, we receive questions about “airline SMS programs” and “airport SMS programs” all the time, as if they were two entirely different species of aviation SMS.
I get the feeling that the question of airport SMS vs airline SMS arises from misinterpreting what aviation safety management systems (SMS) are.
In three lines, aviation SMS implementations are:
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
Like the concept of safety culture, hazard identification in aviation safety management systems (SMS) is usually taken at face value: it’s just something that happens or doesn’t happen.
While the concept of hazard identification – literally just the awareness of hazards within a system – is very simple, understanding the process of hazard identification is significantly more complex and requires careful consideration.
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
People.
Superior safety performance in any aviation risk management program is always the result of putting the needs of employees first, and then supporting them with quality policies and procedures, and great aviation safety management system (SMS) tools.
Topics: 3-Safety Assurance
I love the Bowtie.
It’s logical, lightweight, and delivers a ton of pertinent information that no other tools in your aviation risk management toolbox can deliver.
I've seen very few aviation service providers with fewer than 100 employees use the bowtie in their aviation safety management systems (SMS). This does not mean that smaller operators will not benefit from conducting a bowtie analysis.
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
Don’t confuse safety management training with “training for managers in a safety program.” They are not the same thing.
Safety management training is simply any safety training whose goal is to allow employees to better manage their own safety and the safety of others around them.
Topics: Risk Management Training
The Bowtie in aviation risk management is a fairly new and trending, but extremely effective way of approaching risk and risk management in aviation safety management systems (SMS).
Long story short, the Bowtie was developed in order to gain a clearer, more comprehensive handle on every angle of risk in a situation, be it a hypothetical or real one.
In terms of risk management, the Bowtie has split into three areas:
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
Through the course of daily work in an aviation safety management system, you will discover safety issues – this is called “discovery.” When you make discoveries, such as through hazard reporting or SMS audits, you need to formally process them through your SMS Safety Assurance Process.
These two on-demand videos offer:
