--- title: Aviation Safety Blog | Expert Tips & Updates | SMS-Pro (57) description: Discover expert insights, safety tips, and the latest updates on aviation safety from SMS-Pro's blog. 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Overall the assessment – which was purposefully very difficult – was very successful. [Read More](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/what-is-a-risk-event-in-aviation-risk-management-and-why-you-should-be-using-it) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/what-is-a-risk-event-in-aviation-risk-management-and-why-you-should-be-using-it#comments-listing) Topics: [2-Safety Risk Management](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/topic/2-safety-risk-management) ## [What Is Success in Aviation Risk Management?](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/what-is-success-in-aviation-risk-management) Posted by [Jamie Adams](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/author/jamie-adams) on May 13, 2019, 6:00:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/hubfs/images/Blog_Images/what-Is-SUCCESS-In-Aviation-Risk-Management.png)](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/what-is-success-in-aviation-risk-management) ## 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. [Read More](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/what-is-success-in-aviation-risk-management) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/what-is-success-in-aviation-risk-management#comments-listing) Topics: [2-Safety Risk Management](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/topic/2-safety-risk-management) ## [4 Pillars | What Is Safety Risk Management](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/4-pillars-what-is-safety-risk-management) Posted by [Stu Martin](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/author/stu-martin) on May 12, 2019, 7:05:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/hubfs/images/Blog_Images/4-Pillars-What-IS-Safety-Risk-Management.png)](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/4-pillars-what-is-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.” [Read More](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/4-pillars-what-is-safety-risk-management) 1 Comment [Click here to read/write comments](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/4-pillars-what-is-safety-risk-management#comments-listing) Topics: [2-Safety Risk Management](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/topic/2-safety-risk-management) ## [3 Reasons Why Aviation Safety Culture Leads Directly to Safety Performance](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/3-reasons-why-aviation-safety-culture-leads-directly-to-safety-performance) Posted by [Stu Martin](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/author/stu-martin) on May 11, 2019, 6:06:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/hubfs/images/Blog_Images/3-Reasons-WHY-Aviation-Safety-Culture-Leads-directly-TO-Safety-Performance.png)](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/3-reasons-why-aviation-safety-culture-leads-directly-to-safety-performance) ## What Is Aviation Safety Culture By definition, [**aviation safety culture**](http://www.skybrary.aero/index.php/Safety_Culture) is an organization’s commitment to safety. I tend to find this definition limiting. [Read More](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/3-reasons-why-aviation-safety-culture-leads-directly-to-safety-performance) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/3-reasons-why-aviation-safety-culture-leads-directly-to-safety-performance#comments-listing) Topics: [3-Safety Assurance](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/topic/3-safety-assurance) ## [4 Pillars | Why Documentation in Aviation SMS Is Important - Beyond Compliance](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/4-pillars-why-documentation-in-aviation-sms-programs-is-so-important) Posted by [Stu Martin](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/author/stu-martin) on May 9, 2019, 6:39:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/hubfs/images/Blog_Images/4-Pillars-WHY-Documentation-in-aviation-SMS-IS-Important.png)](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/4-pillars-why-documentation-in-aviation-sms-programs-is-so-important) ## What Is Documentation in Aviation SMS? In November 2006, the [International Civil Aviation Authority](https://www.icao.int/) (ICAO) mandated that all member states implement formal [aviation safety management systems (SMS)](https://www.asms-pro.com/SMS/AviationSafetyManagementSystem.aspx). [Read More](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/4-pillars-why-documentation-in-aviation-sms-programs-is-so-important) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/4-pillars-why-documentation-in-aviation-sms-programs-is-so-important#comments-listing) Topics: [1-Safety Policy](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/topic/1-safety-policy) ## [5 Things You Wish You Knew Before Your First Aviation SMS Implementation](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/5-things-you-wish-you-knew-before-your-first-aviation-sms-implementation) Posted by [Christopher Howell](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/author/christopher-howell) on May 8, 2019, 6:00:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/hubfs/images/Blog_Images/5-Things-you-wish-you-KNEW-before-your-First-Aviation-SMS-Implementation.png)](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/5-things-you-wish-you-knew-before-your-first-aviation-sms-implementation) ## Aviation SMS Implementations Take Years to Fully Mature Safety managers are fresh, fully motivated when starting their [aviation SMS implementations](http://www.asms-pro.com/Modules/SafetyAssurance/ImplementationManager.aspx). [Read More](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/5-things-you-wish-you-knew-before-your-first-aviation-sms-implementation) 5 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/5-things-you-wish-you-knew-before-your-first-aviation-sms-implementation#comments-listing) Topics: [Aviation SMS Implementation](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/topic/aviation-sms-implementation) ## [Overcoming Department Heads Absence in Aviation SMS](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/overcoming-department-heads-absence-in-aviation-sms) Posted by [Mario Pierobon](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/author/mario-pierobon) on May 6, 2019, 6:00:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/hubfs/images/Blog_Images/Overcoming-Department-Heads-Absence-In-AVIATION-sms.png)](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/overcoming-department-heads-absence-in-aviation-sms) ## 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](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/3-reasons-why-safety-managers-fail-to-get-aviation-safety-budgets)** to work on all safety-related matters. [Read More](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/overcoming-department-heads-absence-in-aviation-sms) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/overcoming-department-heads-absence-in-aviation-sms#comments-listing) Topics: [3-Safety Assurance](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/topic/3-safety-assurance) ## [How Integrating QMS and SMS Will Improve Aviation Safety Audit Performance](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/how-integrating-qms-and-sms-will-improve-aviation-safety-audit-performance) Posted by [Stu Martin](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/author/stu-martin) on May 5, 2019, 6:01:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/hubfs/images/Blog_Images/How-Integrating-QMS-AND-SMS-will-Improve-aviation-Safety-AUDIT-Performance.png)](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/how-integrating-qms-and-sms-will-improve-aviation-safety-audit-performance) ## Benefits of Integrating QMS and SMS Historically, quality management systems (QMS) and [safety management systems](https://www.asms-pro.com/SMS/AviationSafetyManagementSystem.aspx) (SMS) have been implemented and managed as two entirely separate entities. [Read More](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/how-integrating-qms-and-sms-will-improve-aviation-safety-audit-performance) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/how-integrating-qms-and-sms-will-improve-aviation-safety-audit-performance#comments-listing) Topics: [Quality-Safety Management](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/topic/quality-safety-management) ## [5 Proven Benefits of a Fishbone Diagram Library in Aviation SMS](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/5-proven-benefits-of-a-fishbone-diagram-library-in-aviation-sms) Posted by [Stu Martin](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/author/stu-martin) on May 4, 2019, 6:05:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/hubfs/images/Blog_Images/5-proven-Benefits-OF-A-Fishbone-Diagram-Library-IN-aviation-SMS.png)](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/5-proven-benefits-of-a-fishbone-diagram-library-in-aviation-sms) ## 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 [Read More](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/5-proven-benefits-of-a-fishbone-diagram-library-in-aviation-sms) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/5-proven-benefits-of-a-fishbone-diagram-library-in-aviation-sms#comments-listing) Topics: [2-Safety Risk Management](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/topic/2-safety-risk-management) ## [What Should Be the Number One KPI in the Aviation Business?](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/what-is-the-number-one-kpi-in-the-aviation-business) Posted by [Christopher Howell](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/author/christopher-howell) on May 2, 2019, 6:01:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/hubfs/images/Blog_Images/what-should-Be-the-Number-ONE-KPI-in-the-Aviation-business.png)](https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/what-is-the-number-one-kpi-in-the-aviation-business) ## 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)](https://www.asms-pro.com/SMS/AviationSafetyManagementSystem.aspx) and advice as to managing key performance indicators (KPIs). 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