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

Let’s Talk Human Factors: Distraction Is #4 of the Dirty Dozen

Posted by Renee Dupont-Adam on May 8, 2024 6:15:00 AM

What Are the Elements of Distraction Regarding Human Factors?

Whether you are a pilot or an aviation maintenance engineer, many tasks require focused attention to detail. It doesn't require a human factors training company to tell you that disastrous results may occur when workers are unable to maintain focus on their tasks.

Aviation safety managers must recognize how important a role distraction plays in their aviation safety management systems, particularly:

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Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management

Human Factors: Lack of Teamwork

Posted by Nichole Kruger on May 1, 2024 2:31:00 AM

Why Is Teamwork Important?

Teamwork is a word used often in the workplace. We’ve all heard that it’s important to work together. Why cover the same ground again?

Lack of teamwork can have serious safety consequences. In aviation, our jobs affect others. Even when we seem to be working on our own, our work ties into other parts of the operation.

Safety is part of being a good teammate and teamwork plays a key role in safety. As such, we all take on responsibility for being good teammates and keeping each other safe.

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Topics: 4-Safety Promotion

Six Ways to Improve Safety Culture in Aviation SMS

Posted by Aviation Safety Student on Apr 24, 2024 6:30:00 AM

Safety Management Systems Bore Most Employees

Unlike those who study and create safety management systems (SMS), to the average employee these programs can be boring.

It’s not that the average employee doesn’t value safety; it’s just that they need to see how these programs are beneficial to them personally.

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Topics: 4-Safety Promotion

What Good Hazard Reporting Process Look Like in Mature Aviation SMS

Posted by Tyler Britton on Apr 17, 2024 6:00:00 AM

What Is the Hazard Reporting Process

Simply put, the hazard reporting process is the primary mode of data acquisition in aviation safety management systems (SMS). Being such, a poor hazard reporting process can literally break your SMS. If that sounds unrealistic, it’s not.

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Topics: Aviation SMS Database

How to Create an Aviation SMS Audit Plan

Posted by Tyler Britton on Apr 10, 2024 6:30:00 AM

What Is an Internal Aviation SMS Audit

An internal aviation safety management system (SMS) audit is a process you use to verify that certain actions are taking place in your SMS.

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Topics: 3-Safety Assurance

What Is Proactive Risk Management in Aviation SMS?

Posted by Tyler Britton on Apr 3, 2024 6:15:00 AM

Understand What Is Proactive Risk Management

Proactive safety management is often upheld as the second highest form of risk management after "predictive risk management." This is because being able to demonstrate proactive risk management activities generally does not happen until an aviation safety management system (SMS) matures beyond Phase 2.

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Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management

How Often Should You Conduct Aviation SMS Audit

Posted by Tyler Britton on Mar 27, 2024 2:30:00 AM

What Is an Internal Aviation SMS Audit

An internal aviation SMS audit is how you evaluate any part of your SMS.

On the one hand, you use such audits to ensure that certain actions are taking place in your SMS, such as SRM operations or continuous improvement.

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Topics: 3-Safety Assurance

5 Warning Signs and Symptoms of Aviation SMS Failures

Posted by Christopher Howell on Mar 20, 2024 6:00:00 AM

Aviation Safety Management System Symptoms and Underlying Causes

An aviation safety management system (SMS) functions almost like a living, breathing entity. The SMS' required safety assurance processes facilitate improvements through continual verification and follow-up actions. Regardless of your SMS maturity level, the SMS continually evolves.

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Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management

Top 5 KPIs in Aviation Safety - Free KPI Resources

Posted by Tyler Britton on Mar 13, 2024 5:48:00 AM

What Are the Top 5 KPIs in Aviation Safety

We recently analyzed the key performance indicators (KPIs) of hundreds of aviation service providers around the globe, and used our data to assess what the most common KPI concerns are for the aviation industry.

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Topics: Key Performance Indicators

Safety Chart: Risk Level Breakdown in Aviation SMS

Posted by Tyler Britton on Mar 6, 2024 6:30:00 AM

Importance of Risk Level Breakdown in Aviation SMS

Simple safety charts often speak volumes.

A group of simple, yet related, safety charts evolves nicely into a performance monitoring dashboard.

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Topics: Risk Management Software

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