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

What Is a Risk Event in Aviation Risk Management and Why You Should Be Using It

Posted by Stu Martin on May 14, 2019 6:08:00 AM

Difference Between Risk and Risk Event

Last year we released a Hazard and Risk Competency Quiz, which deals a lot with the concept of Risk Events. Overall the assessment – which was purposefully very difficult – was very successful.

We received a lot of feedback about Risk Events, and for the most part aviation safety managers

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Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management

What Is Success in Aviation Risk Management?

Posted by Jamie Adams on May 13, 2019 6:00:00 AM

Success in Aviation Risk Management?

Aviation is inherently risky, but effective risk management within a Safety Management System (SMS) transforms those risks into opportunities for safety and compliance.

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Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management

4 Pillars | What Is Safety Risk Management

Posted by Stu Martin on May 12, 2019 7:05:00 AM

Safety Risk Management Process

If there’s one takeaway for new professionals in aviation safety management, it’s that aviation risk management is a process. It is not a single, solid “thing.”

This process is cyclical and can be identified by several stages that form a systematic approach to safety risk management, including:

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Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management

3 Reasons Why Aviation Safety Culture Leads Directly to Safety Performance

Posted by Stu Martin on May 11, 2019 6:06:00 AM

What Is Aviation Safety Culture

By definition, aviation safety culture is an organization’s commitment to safety. I tend to find this definition limiting.

Perhaps a better way to understand safety culture is the means of realizing safety success, in which commitment is just one part.

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Topics: 3-Safety Assurance

4 Pillars | Why Documentation in Aviation SMS Is Important - Beyond Compliance

Posted by Stu Martin on May 9, 2019 6:39:00 AM

What Is Documentation in Aviation SMS?

In November 2006, the International Civil Aviation Authority (ICAO) mandated that all member states implement formal aviation safety management systems (SMS).

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Topics: 1-Safety Policy

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.

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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

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