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How to Prepare Data for Trend Analysis in Aviation SMS

Posted by Stu Martin on Jun 13, 2019 6:08:00 AM

What Is Trend Analysis in Aviation Safety Management?

It is a common misnomer that trend analysis in risk management is used to forecast future performance. This understanding of trend analysis is both reductive and distorts the purpose of trend analysis in aviation safety management systems (SMS).

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Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management

How to Restructure Aviation SMS Implementations: 4 Steps to Prepare

Posted by Stu Martin on Jun 12, 2019 5:58:00 AM

What Does It Mean to Restructure Aviation SMS Implementations

Occasionally aviation safety managers will want to do a turn and pivot with the direction of their aviation safety management system (SMS) implementation. What this looks like is restructuring.

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Topics: 3-Safety Assurance

4 Unlikely Indicators of Unhealthy Aviation Safety Culture - With Downloads

Posted by Stu Martin on Jun 11, 2019 10:00:00 AM

The Obvious Reasons

We are generally aware of the more straightforward indicators of unhealthy aviation safety management systems (SMS).

Things like:

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Topics: 3-Safety Assurance

4 Best Aviation SMS Gap Analysis Strategies for SMS Implementations

Posted by Stu Martin on Jun 9, 2019 10:00:00 AM

The Real Purpose of Gap Analysis

A true aviation SMS implementation takes years and a lot of hard work to effect lasting change. SMS implementations can take considerably longer due to:

  • Poor gap analyses;
  • Ineffective procedures;
  • Unstable safety management teams;
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Topics: 3-Safety Assurance

3 Traits Good Aviation Safety Auditors Share

Posted by Stu Martin on Jun 8, 2019 10:00:00 AM

Safety Auditors Are a Rare Breed of Personality Traits

Good aviation safety auditors play a vital role in the ability of an aviation safety management system (SMS) to identify

  • substandard safety performance; and
  • ways in which the SMS can improve.
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Topics: 3-Safety Assurance

Which Pillar of Four SMS Pillars Carries Most Weight in Aviation SMS?

Posted by Stu Martin on Jun 7, 2019 8:30:00 AM

All Four Pillars Are Not Created Equal

Aviation safety professionals know that the four pillars of safety management systems are the foundational idea upon which aviation safety management systems (SMS) are based.

  1. Safety Policy – Defines methods, procedures, and organizational structure
  2. Safety Risk Management – Looks at the adequacy of, and determines the need for, risk controls, and identifies new hazards
  3. Safety Assurance – Evaluates the effectiveness of implemented strategies
  4. Safety Promotion – Aimed at safety training and awareness
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Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management

FAA Part 5 Compliance | Safety Risk Management Hazard Identification Requirement

Posted by Stu Martin on Jun 6, 2019 5:46:00 AM

FAA’s Safety Risk Management (SRM) Process and Hazard Identification Element

The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) SRM compliance requirement for hazard identification controls every U.S. aviation service provider required to implement formal aviation safety management systems (SMS). These SRM requirements indirectly affect these operators' safety culture and risk management processes whether they like it or not.

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Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management, FAA Compliance

How to Make Your Aviation SMS Implementation Adaptable

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

A Hot Word in Aviation SMS?

As airlines and the aviation industry, in general, continue to eclipse safety records year by year, a nagging question begins to crop up with increasing vigor:

To what end?

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Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management

7 Best Aviation Lagging Indicators in Aviation SMS

Posted by Stu Martin on Jun 3, 2019 6:08:00 AM

What Are Lagging Indicators in Aviation SMS?

Lagging indicators are an essential element of system performance monitoring in aviation safety management systems (SMS). Safety professionals and accountable executives should become familiar with lagging indicators as these managers are responsible for

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Topics: Key Performance Indicators

How to Get Employees Participating in Safety Reporting - Aviation SMS

Posted by Stu Martin on Jun 2, 2019 6:04:00 AM

A Reporting Culture Is a Just Culture

Workers’ participation in aviation safety management systems (SMS) comes down to one word: reporting.

When workers are reporting, it demonstrates three things:

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Topics: 4-Safety Promotion

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