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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

5 Steps to Define Safety Accountabilities in Aviation SMS

Posted by Stu Martin on Apr 21, 2019 6:13:00 AM

Org Charts Help to Define Accountabilities in Aviation SMS

Safety accountabilities in aviation safety management systems (SMS) implementations outline the bureaucratic structure of organizational safety expectations. Defining accountabilities has the ultimate goal of clearly communicating:

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Topics: 1-Safety Policy

4 Actions Needed for Management Commitment in Aviation SMS

Posted by Stu Martin on Apr 20, 2019 6:02:00 AM

The Concept of Management Commitment in Aviation SMS Programs

Management’s commitment to aviation safety management systems (SMS) is an extremely important part of the Four Pillar’s Safety Policy component.

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Topics: 1-Safety Policy

3 Things Preventing Effective Proactive Risk Management in Aviation SMS

Posted by Stu Martin on Apr 19, 2019 6:09:00 AM

What Is Proactive Risk Management?

I see many misnomers about what proactive risk management is when talking in the context of an aviation safety management system (SMS).

Often one sees the proactive risk management concept clumped together with risk management in general as if they are one and the same. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management

4 Major Activities of Proactive Risk Management in Aviation SMS

Posted by Stu Martin on Apr 18, 2019 6:05:00 AM

What Are Main Activities of Proactive Risk Management?

Like aviation safety culture, proactive risk management is another part of aviation safety management systems (SMS) that a surprising number of people fail to truly understand.

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Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management

What Are Hazardous Sources

Posted by Stu Martin on Apr 17, 2019 7:00:00 AM

What Is a Hazard

A hazard in aviation risk management is a condition that poses danger to your organization and can lead to safety incidents if not mitigated. Hazards are central to the entire risk management process.

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Topics: Risk Management Training

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