Safety Assurance is designed to ensure that aviation service providers have the ability to manage safety risks effectively using a structured, prescribed approach to managing identified safety concerns.
The purpose of aviation safety management systems (SMS) is to provide operators with a "systematic approach to managing safety.
Topics: 3-Safety Assurance, FAA Compliance
Aviation safety management systems (SMS) are viewed as complex systems comprised of multiple, interdependent subsystems. These subsystems include, but are not limited to:
Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation
FAA Part 5 compliance for Safety Policy is largely the concern of new aviation SMS implementations for Part 121 operators.
An aviation safety management system (SMS) is logically broken up into components and elements.
Topics: 1-Safety Policy
Safety transparency is a big deal in aviation safety management systems (SMS). On one hand, employees need protection from managerial reprisals and negative peer pressure when self-reporting errors and mistakes.
Topics: 4-Safety Promotion
Flight schools operate with many risky hazards every day.
Students are inexperienced, usually younger, and are new to technology and the hazards of flying.
Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation
Since November 2006, most aviation service providers have been required to implement formal aviation safety management systems (SMS). In order to assure compliance, aviation SMS oversight is provided by:
Topics: Risk Management Training
Have you been considering the risks of moving your aviation safety management system (SMS) up to the cloud? In the past ten years, many aviation service providers have been moving their SMS data to the cloud for various reasons,
Topics: Risk Management Software
Aviation safety training and education is an essential building block for safety culture. Safety culture is understandably important for aviation service providers that are investing in aviation safety management systems (SMS). Without a healthy safety culture, SMS will never deliver the expected results and money will be wasted.
Topics: 4-Safety Promotion
Risk in aviation safety management systems (SMS) is a tricky subject. Not only is it treated differently in different organizations, but safety professionals tend to get up in arms in front of differing opinions.
The truth is that “risk” is a terribly nebulous word and concept, with multiple ways to use it.
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
The objectives of every aviation safety management system (SMS) is to:
Topics: 3-Safety Assurance
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