Safety managers are tasked with "safety management" which can be considered "risk management." As they practice risk management activities, safety managers are expected to actively "react" to reported safety issues or audit findings.
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
Aviation safety managers are among the most articulate group of all aviation professionals. I don't have all the answers to why this group is so:
Topics: 1-Safety Policy
In the aviation industry, it’s important to manage change effectively. Change can be organizational, procedural, or technological.
Change occurs any time an established practice is altered.
Topics: Quality-Safety Management
An aviation safety policy is a document in safety management systems that outlines the core, important safety information that underlies your SMS.
Topics: 1-Safety Policy
Apathy is the bane of any aviation safety management system (SMS).
Apathy is the most insidious kind of resistance any aviation safety manager will face. It can take many forms, such as:
Topics: 4-Safety Promotion
We have heard it time and again. Upper management has allocated insufficient funds for the safety department. This is a universal challenge for all aviation safety managers.
Topics: Risk Management Software
Safety culture is a set of values that a company has in relation to safety and is one of the main characteristics that distinguish one company from other companies.
Some industrial sectors, such as aviation, require a level of safety culture which is higher than in other sectors.
Topics: Safety Culture
The Iceberg of Ignorance was first developed in 1989 by a consultant named Sidney Yoshida. The Iceberg of Ignorance is a model that addressed concerns about safety awareness in large organizations. This model contends that of all problems:
Topics: Safety Culture
Effective data organization is the cornerstone of robust aviation Safety Management System (SMS) data analysis, enabling airlines, airports, MROs, and flight schools to ensure compliance with FAA Part 5 and ICAO Annex 19 while identifying risks.
Topics: 3-Safety Assurance
We generally understand a root cause as being the underlying heart of why a particular issue happens.
Topics: 3-Safety Assurance
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