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

5 Things You Wish You Knew Before Your First Aviation SMS Implementation

Posted by Christopher Howell on May 8, 2019 6:00:00 AM

Aviation SMS Implementations Take Years to Fully Mature

Safety managers are fresh, fully motivated when starting their aviation SMS implementations.

SMS Implementations are marathons, not sprints. Initially, you will be able to have many short bursts to get you out of the starting gate.

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Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation

Overcoming Department Heads Absence in Aviation SMS

Posted by Mario Pierobon on May 6, 2019 6:00:00 AM

Management Distancing Themselves From Aviation SMS

A common misperception in the aviation industry regarding safety management is that it is primarily a responsibility of the safety manager to work on all safety related matters.

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Topics: 3-Safety Assurance

How Integrating QMS and SMS Will Improve Aviation Safety Audit Performance

Posted by Stu Martin on May 5, 2019 6:01:00 AM

Benefits of Integrating QMS and SMS

Historically, quality management systems (QMS) and safety management systems (SMS) have been implemented and managed as two entirely separate entities. Today this separation persists in many if not most, companies. This is an unfortunate fact because integrating QMS and SMS provides a great opportunity for organizations to:

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Topics: Quality-Safety Management

5 Proven Benefits of a Fishbone Diagram Library in Aviation SMS

Posted by Stu Martin on May 4, 2019 6:05:00 AM

Underlying Benefit of Fishbone Diagram in Aviation SMS

Fishbone diagram libraries provide many opportunities and benefits for aviation service providers who decide to adopt fishbone diagrams as a risk management tool in their aviation safety management systems (SMS).

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Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management

What Should Be the Number One KPI in the Aviation Business?

Posted by Christopher Howell on May 2, 2019 6:01:00 AM

Questions on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Aviation

Aviation safety professionals frequently email our subject-matter experts (SMEs) for opinions regarding aviation safety management systems (SMS) and advice as to managing key performance indicators (KPIs).

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Topics: Key Performance Indicators

How to Identify Obstacles Blocking Your Aviation SMS?

Posted by Dr. Bob Baron on May 1, 2019 6:00:00 AM

Aviation Safety Managers Start With Something

When artists paint on a blank canvas, it allows them to start with nothing and creatively turn it into something. This allows the artist to create a picture without having to change or modify a picture that already exists.

When implementing a Safety Management System (SMS), most Safety Managers do not have the luxury of starting with a blank canvas;

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Topics: 1-Safety Policy

What Is Proactive Hazard Identification and Risk Management in Aviation SMS

Posted by Christopher Howell on Apr 30, 2019 6:07:00 AM

What Is Proactive Hazard Management

I have a friend across the globe who is having trouble getting his head around proactive hazard identification and the resulting risk management processes in his aviation safety management system (SMS). This friend naturally prompted this blog article to explain an approach to proactively managing hazards and documenting hazard identification and risk analysis activities.

Proactive hazard management from a high level is looking at your operations and identifying hazards that may affect operations. The objective is to ensure adequate control measures are implemented to:

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Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management

How Money Shapes Safety Culture in Aviation SMS

Posted by Jamie Adams on Apr 29, 2019 6:02:00 AM

How Money Can Affect the Way We Think About Safety

I find myself being an unsafe pilot all of the time, and so do many other pilots. Not in the sense of breaking safety regulations, such as flight and duty times, but by pushing personal limits.

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Topics: 4-Safety Promotion

What Is a Risk Control in Aviation SMS: Meaning, Purpose, Application

Posted by Stu Martin on Apr 27, 2019 5:56:00 AM

What Is a Risk Control in Aviation SMS Programs

Risk controls in aviation safety management systems (SMS) are a company’s shield against danger and the best chance for aviation service providers to conduct operations successfully.

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Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management

Difference Between Proactive and Mitigative Risk Controls in Aviation SMS

Posted by Stu Martin on Apr 25, 2019 6:03:00 AM

What Is a Risk Control in Aviation SMS?

Hazard identification and risk management are two major activities of formal, aviation safety management systems (SMS). Once the hazard is identified, the safety concern is reported to management for treatment via the SMS risk management processes. SMS risk management processes evaluate:

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Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management

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