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

How to Make Safety Reporting Forms for Aviation SMS - With Resources

Posted by Christopher Howell on Nov 8, 2018 10:00:00 AM

Why Use Hazard Reporting Forms in Aviation Safety Programs?

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

  • employees,
  • customers,
  • suppliers and
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Topics: Risk Management Software

Important Ways to Formally Document Aviation Safety Programs

Posted by Stu Martin on Nov 7, 2018 5:22:00 AM

What Is Formally Documenting in Aviation SMS

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.

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Topics: 1-Safety Policy

How to Show Effectiveness of Your Aviation Safety Management System

Posted by Stu Martin on Nov 5, 2018 6:05:00 AM

Who Are You Showing Effectiveness of SMS To

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:

  • Auditors;
  • Investors;
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Topics: 3-Safety Assurance, Quality-Safety Management

How Aviation Safety Managers Can Deal With Silo Mentality

Posted by Christopher Howell on Nov 4, 2018 9:00:00 AM

Aviation Safety Managers Battling Organizational Silos

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.

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Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation

How to Shape Your Corporate Vision With Aviation Safety Goals and Objectives

Posted by Christopher Howell on Nov 3, 2018 10:00:00 AM

Power of Safety Goals on Shaping Aviation Safety Culture

Goal-setting is required for every ICAO-compliant aviation SMS program. The objective of goal setting is to

  • Improve an operator's safety performance;
  • Shape organizational safety culture, which
  • Contributes to the bottom line.
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Topics: 1-Safety Policy

Student Perspective: The Most Important Elements of Aviation SMS

Posted by Jamie Adams on Nov 2, 2018 4:35:00 AM

Good Aviation Safety Management Practices

A Safety Management System (SMS) is a system that is composed of various policies, processes, procedures, and practices adopted and implemented to improve the overall safety of an organization.

Management is responsible for implementing, maintaining, and making sure that SMS processes are carried out.

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Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation

What Is ICAO's Role in Aviation Safety Management Systems?

Posted by Steve Potts on Oct 30, 2018 4:39:00 AM

What Is ICAO?

The International Civil Aviation Organization, or ICAO, was founded in 1944. It's a United Nations specialized agency that establishes international standards for civil aviation.

Of the 195 recognized countries in the world today, 192 are ICAO member states.

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Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation

How Employees Should Be Participating in Your SMS

Posted by Stu Martin on Oct 29, 2018 4:39:00 AM

What Is Participation in Your SMS

Employee participation in your aviation SMS is critical to its maintainability. We do this over and over, where the SMS is being pushed by one person and when that person leaves, the program falls apart.

One of the primary goals of generating good involvement is creating a sustainable SMS.

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Topics: Safety Culture

How to Choose the Best Aviation Safety Database Software

Posted by Christopher Howell on Oct 28, 2018 3:04:00 PM

What Is Aviation Safety Software?

For over a dozen years, the majority of commercial aviation service providers around the world have been working towards compliance with ICAO's aviation safety management system (SMS) guidelines.

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Topics: Risk Management Software

How to Choose the Best Aviation SMS Software: A Guide for Safety Managers and Accountable Executives

Posted by Christopher Howell on Oct 27, 2018 10:00:00 AM

Safety Manager Dilemma: Deciding Which SMS Software Solution?

Aviation safety is non-negotiable. Aviation safety managers and accountable executives bear the critical responsibility of ensuring

  • compliance with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards,
  • mitigating risks, and
  • fostering a proactive safety culture.

A robust Safety Management System (SMS) software is the backbone of these efforts, streamlining hazard identification, incident reporting, risk management, and compliance tracking. But with a crowded market of SMS solutions, how do you choose the best aviation SMS software for your organization?

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Topics: Risk Management Software

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