If you cannot handle emotional pain or controversy today, please don't read this. I certainly don't mean to offend, but I have to say this:
Most aviation service providers are lying regarding their aviation SMS implementations.
What? We just spent tens of thousands of dollars on aviation safety management system (SMS) implementation consultants, and we don't have an SMS implementation?
Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation
Unfortunately, safety culture surveys are often not high on the priority list of aviation safety management system (SMS) implementations. And judging by surveys that I have seen, they are often written with the candor and creativity of a Driver’s Education Manual.
Topics: 4-Safety Promotion
In most cases, aviation safety managers are:
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
Every continuously improving safety program will fail when employees are not involved in identifying and reporting safety hazards. Getting workers to participate in their aviation safety management system (SMS) is all about making the SMS personal. People care more about things that are directly involved and matter to them.
Topics: 4-Safety Promotion
FAA Part 5 - Safety Management Systems has a subtle, but important requirement stuck in subsection 5.25 Designation and responsibilities of required safety management personnel. There is a subsection that packs a dynamite punch that should leave most of you reeling with uncertainty.
This requirement is buried in the subsection 5.25 (c) Designation of management personnel and deals with monitoring the effectiveness of safety risk controls.
Topics: 3-Safety Assurance
Most of us grew up using good old-fashioned pen and paper for just about everything. In fact, for most things, I still prefer it over using my phone or computer.
It’s quick, it’s natural, it’s something we can touch and feel.
Topics: Risk Management Software
Quickly, look at the picture at the right.
What is the "hazard?"
What is the "risk?"
I consider myself well-educated with a college education.
I understand English, as it is my first language.
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
Safety risks faced by service providers are affected by interfaces.
Interfaces can be either internal (e.g. between departments) or external (e.g. other service providers or contracted services,).
By identifying and managing these interfaces the service provider will have more control over any safety risks related to the interfaces.
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
Besides the expected airlines and airport operations, the interacting relationships across modern airports encompass many aviation industry segments, including:
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
Like safety training, safety promotion in aviation safety management systems (SMS) is wrought with rigid material that screams in so many ways, “tune me out!”
Much of the safety promotion information doled out at workplaces looks more like an IKEA how-to manual than serving as a tool to make employees cheer for,
Topics: 4-Safety Promotion
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