Most Important Items for Starting SMS Implementation
If you are reading this article, chances are that you either already have started implementing an aviation safety management system (SMS), or you are considering an SMS implementation.
If you are reading this article, chances are that you either already have started implementing an aviation safety management system (SMS), or you are considering an SMS implementation.
Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation
Aviation Safety Management Systems (SMS) are critical for ensuring safety and compliance with FAA Part 5 and ICAO Annex 19, yet even top safety managers can fail without the right approach. This article explores two primary reasons for these failures—lack of accountable executive ownership and inadequate data management tools—and offers solutions using SMS Pro, as highlighted in our safety manager guide.
Topics: 3-Safety Assurance
The safety benefits of SMS software are not the primary reason a company initially decides to adopt the special, built-to-purpose software. If this were true, these companies would have acquired advanced SMS database solutions long before aviation safety management systems (SMS) became a regulatory requirement.
Topics: Risk Management Software
Safety culture will be the last thing to develop in your SMS.
Once you fully implement your SMS design (Phase 3 of SMS implementation), you will need to monitor your SMS to ensure it is functioning as designed.
Topics: Safety Culture
Your Safety Policy is the canon of your aviation safety program. It outlines all of the essential information anyone in your company would want to know regarding safety. It is one of the first components of your SMS that you will develop. It will be the document that you:
Topics: 1-Safety Policy
Something we hear about all the time is the general lack of support from regulatory oversight agencies during inspections and audits. This lack of support that safety managers complain about regards the usage of risk management software in audits that aviation service providers use daily to manage their required safety management systems (SMS).
Topics: Risk Management Software
In early 2007, when we started designing and developing SMS Pro, I was mildly surprised that many aviation safety managers called a Web application to manage aviation safety events a "safety management system" (SMS) database.
ICAO requires an SMS manual for many aviation organizations required to abide by their SMS mandate. It is very tempting to gloss over your manual... to get it out of the way and never look at it again.
Manuals aren't sexy, and most of the time, they're boring at best. I've read a lot of manuals that were downright painful.
A Key Performance Indicator (KPI) measures how effectively aviation service providers are achieving key business or safety objectives. Civil aviation authorities also use KPIs to evaluate their success at reaching safety targets.
When focusing on safety, there is a tendency of some safety professionals to use the term "safety performance indicator" (SPI) to differentiate pure business metrics from safety metrics.
Topics: Key Performance Indicators
Aviation risk management is a vital part of being a well-rounded pilot. The safety mindset works best every time flying.
Although all components are important, perhaps the most vital of them all is understanding the importance of "aviation risk management."
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
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