Enhancing Aviation Safety: Expert Insights, Tips, and Updates from SMS-Pro

How to Practice Proactive Data Management for Your Aviation SMS

Posted by Stu Martin on Aug 28, 2019 6:00:00 AM

Cyber Security in Aviation SMS Data Management

Technology has made aviation safety management systems (SMS) much easier to manage as a whole. Furthermore, this formal, structured approach to managing safety has undeniably contributed to system safety.

Technology is wonderful. It has been changing our lives at an unprecedented rate,

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Topics: 3-Safety Assurance

How to Sell Aviation SMS to All Employees - Improving Safety Cultures

Posted by Jamie Adams on Aug 21, 2019 5:17:00 AM

Three Ways to Encourage Participation in Your Aviation SMS

Many aviation service providers struggle with overcoming the difficulty of increasing participation and buy-in for their aviation safety management system (SMS). However, increasing participation in SMS doesn’t have to be difficult. After all, it is not rocket science.

Employees in your organization will be much more likely to participate if you design your SMS to be:

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Topics: 4-Safety Promotion

5 Tips to Tell Whether Your Aviation SMS Is Performing?

Posted by Stu Martin on Aug 19, 2019 6:00:00 AM

What Are We Really Talking About?

In aviation safety management systems (SMS), the best indicator of a highly performant safety culture isn’t one that has reduced operational risk close to zero, but one that readily adapts to and absorbs safety issues and disturbances as they arise.

In so many words, high-performing aviation SMS is simply able to adjust to instability rather than resist or deflect it. In other words: goes with the flow without any setbacks.

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Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management

4 Tools to Help Every Aviation SMS Implementation

Posted by Stu Martin on Aug 14, 2019 6:00:00 AM

Aviation SMS Implementations Are Result of Many Small Actions

The process of aviation safety management systems (SMS), simply put, is the conglomeration of many small actions on the part of safety management teams, operational managers and employees.

Actions such as:

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Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management

What Are Main Components of Every Aviation SMS Implementation?

Posted by Christopher Howell on Aug 12, 2019 6:00:00 AM

"SMS" Is Common Term in Aviation Industry

Unless you have been living under a rock since November 2006, it is highly likely that you have heard about the required safety management systems (SMS) that were mandated by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

Since 2006, Canadians and Australians have been truly embracing aviation SMS with the most zeal.

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Topics: 3-Safety Assurance

How to Tell Whether Your Aviation SMS Processes Are Efficient?

Posted by Stu Martin on Aug 7, 2019 6:10:00 AM

Management Incentives to Know If Aviation SMS Management Is Efficient

Every person in a company should be concerned if their aviation safety management system (SMS) management is efficient and working as designed.

Management efficiency in aviation SMS implementations has significant stakes for everyone in the organization, as well as customers who use the company’s services.

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Topics: 3-Safety Assurance

How to Improve Confidence in Aviation SMS Implementations

Posted by Stu Martin on Aug 5, 2019 5:55:00 AM

What Is Confidence in Aviation Safety Programs?

Confidence in aviation safety management systems (SMS) is trust that the SMS implementation fulfills its obligations. The obligations of SMS include, of course, safety. But they don’t just include safety. The fact is that aviation SMS implementations that set out to only satisfy good-looking safety data or regulatory compliance will plateau or even implode before long.

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Topics: 3-Safety Assurance

Adaptable and Creative Aviation SMS Implementations with SMS Pro

Posted by Stu Martin on Jul 31, 2019 6:18:00 AM

Introduction: Beyond Bureaucracy in Aviation SMS

Aviation Safety Management Systems (SMS) often get mired in bureaucracy—policies, procedures, and documentation can overshadow the human element critical to safety. The Federal Aviation Administration notes that human factors drive 70% of incidents, underscoring the need for engaged safety cultures.

While ICAO Annex 19 and FAA Part 5 mandate structured processes, creativity and adaptability are key to making SMS vibrant and effective. SMS Pro’s aviation SMS software empowers operators with tools like gamified reporting, interactive training, and flexible workflows to breathe life into implementations.

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Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation

Why Include Vendors in Aviation Safety Management Systems (SMS)?

Posted by Christopher Howell on Jul 29, 2019 5:55:00 AM

Vendors as Part of Aviation SMS Initiatives

Aviation operations worldwide depend on a vast network of vendors and suppliers delivering critical services, from aircraft maintenance in bustling hubs to ground handling in remote regions, making their integration into Safety Management Systems (SMS) essential for consistent safety.

These vendors, though external to the core organization, perform tasks that directly influence the safety of passengers, crew, and aircraft.

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Topics: Risk Management Software

How to Bring Your Aviation Safety Reporting System to Compliance?

Posted by Christopher Howell on Jul 24, 2019 6:00:00 AM

Legacy Safety Reporting Systems Increase Auditing & Financial Risk

Aviation safety managers commonly tell me that audits become much less painful after switching over to their new aviation safety management system (SMS) database software.

This doesn't mean that their company always passes audits without findings, but auditors love that all SMS documentation requirements are managed within one centralized data management system instead of being scattered around in:

  • File cabinets stuffed with safety reports at different locations;
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Topics: Risk Management Software

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