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.
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
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.”
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Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
What Is Aviation Safety Culture
By definition, aviation safety culture is an organization’s commitment to safety. I tend to find this definition limiting.
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Topics: 3-Safety Assurance
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
Aviation SMS Implementations Take Years to Fully Mature
Safety managers are fresh, fully motivated when starting their aviation SMS implementations.
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Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation
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
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
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
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
