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Aviation safety management systems (SMS) revolve around the four ICAO pillars:
Aviation safety management systems (SMS) revolve around the four ICAO pillars:
Topics: Key Performance Indicators
The idea of a safety management system (SMS) is something those of us in the aviation risk management industry use as if an SMS were one solid “thing.” But a safety management system is actually made up of multiple ideas, packaged into a single, functioning effort for better aviation safety.
Topics: 1-Safety Policy, Quality-Safety Management
Safety assurance is the third ICAO pillar or component of aviation safety management systems (SMS). While practicing safety assurance, aviation service providers focus on safety performance monitoring and measurement. Monitoring activities include constantly reviewing the effectiveness of established safety risk controls.
Topics: Key Performance Indicators
Empirical evidence and results from historical aviation accident investigations have shown that accidents are often preceded by safety-related incidents that reveal the presence of untreated hazards.
These "leading indicators" are commonly known to employees and are usually not formally reported
Topics: Risk Management Software
Most safety managers don't have the luxury of a healthy safety reporting culture in their aviation safety management system (SMS). Managers daily struggle to boost their monthly safety reporting metrics by up to 10% of employees, or one report per month for every 10 employees.
Topics: 1-Safety Policy
Web-based hazard reporting templates or forms are key to the healthy performance of aviation safety management systems (SMS). Safety cultures depend on well-designed, user-friendly tools to report and manage reported safety concerns.
Without user-friendly safety reporting forms, there are only a few other options for safety managers to receive hazard and safety reports from
Topics: Risk Management Software
Formally documenting your SMS means creating an “official” record of your SMS. Official records are simply aspects of your SMS that you document and save to use later, such as during review or provide to an auditor.
Topics: 1-Safety Policy
Proving the effectiveness of your aviation safety management system comes in several flavors. Who are you proving the effectiveness to? You might be showing your SMS effectiveness at managing safety to:
Effective aviation safety management systems (SMS) are implemented throughout an entire organization, and not merely for flight ops and airside operations.
Unfortunately, there is a major problem with many safety cultures in the aviation industry. Safety is managed at the department level or the division level of many inefficient aviation companies.
Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation
Goal-setting is required for every ICAO-compliant aviation SMS program. The objective of goal setting is to
Topics: 1-Safety Policy
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