"Safety culture" in aviation safety management systems (SMS) is a phrase that gets thrown around a lot and in many types of SMS conversations.
Yet “safety culture” is also a phrase that rarely receives a concise definition, and is often used to convey “a general sense of safety.”
Topics: 3-Safety Assurance
Operators implementing aviation safety management systems (SMS) have common questions early in their SMS implementation. How do I monitor risk to my organization within a particular time period? What report best explains the organization's interactions with:
What would be a convenient method to display aggregated risk based on assessed safety reports?
Topics: Risk Management Software
Many of the most important misconceptions about aviation safety management systems (SMS) revolve around the relationships and resistance that hurts SMS implementation.
Generally, the misconceptions about aviation SMS revolve around differences in attitudes about safety risk management. In such a case, differences in attitudes between two employees generally leave each person feeling that:
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
Aviation safety management systems (SMS) are now an FAA requirement for part 121 certificated operators.
Without having a verifiable SMS, operators will face denial of permits and other problems. For organizations that have only lightly dabbled with an SMS and do not have a demonstrable program,
Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation
Formal aviation safety management systems (SMS) have been continually being implemented across the world for over a dozen years now. Some are successful, while many are not. Failed or under-performing aviation SMS is a concern for account executives and the safety team.
How can management increase the chance of a successful SMS implementation?
Topics: 3-Safety Assurance
A couple of months ago I was sitting on a Boeing 737 jet waiting for the rest of the passengers to board the plane.
My seat was near the front of the aircraft, and I had a central view of ground handling operations. Since I boarded nice and early, I had nothing better to do than sit and observe the bustling of workers, bags, and carts below me.
Topics: 3-Safety Assurance
Hazard reporting in aviation safety management systems (SMS) is the backbone of any safety program’s performance.
Every aviation safety program depends upon hazard reports for:
Topics: Risk Management Software
Okay, I made up the “90%” figure. However, aviation safety audit preparation undoubtedly plays a huge role in how you perform aviation SMS audits. Considering that jobs may depend on audit performance, passing them is extremely critical. But you already know this.
Topics: 3-Safety Assurance
In aviation safety management systems (SMS), locations are often underutilized and neglected detail when reporting or managing safety issues, because modern aviation safety databases can't trend this data effectively.
Furthermore, it’s simply easy to gloss over such details as – what difference does it make? In truth, adding such detail could make no difference to ongoing continuous improvement as risk controls are implemented that should be location agnostic.
Topics: Risk Management Software
Apathy kills aviation safety management systems (SMS).
Apathy in SMS is the most insidious kind of resistance because it incites behavior that is extremely hard in which to influence change.
Apathy may take many forms in your aviation SMS, such as:
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
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