In aviation maintenance, as in all other aspects of the aviation sector, safety is paramount. 4 safety management practices that can be applied to make any maintenance operation safer are:
Topics: Quality-Safety Management
Aviation companies of all shapes and sizes can benefit from a safety management system or SMS, but when faced with implementing one, small organizations can easily find themselves overwhelmed by the requirements.
Topics: 1-Safety Policy
Your Safety Risk Management process is how you design your SMS.
First you design and document your SMS, and then update it as your SMS and/or environment changes.
Developing your SRM process, and in turn, designing your SMS happens largely in Phase 3 of aviation SMS Implementation.
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
KPIs allow managers to focus on activities that are important to their operations. Understandably, many of these activities may also be important to their civil aviation authority.
Topics: Key Performance Indicators
If you have been a safety manager for years now, do you remember when you first started? So many questions, such as: Where do I start?
It can be frightening to be suddenly assigned as the safety manager when you know very little about what the "safety manager" does every day.
Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation
What’s the first thing you do when you want to answer a question? You Google it, right? Well, when you Google "aviation SMS", this is what the FAA will tell you:
Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation
Airports are complex ecosystems where terminal operations, airside activities, security, and maintenance converge, all demanding robust safety oversight. A Safety Management System (SMS), powered by tools like SMS Pro, transforms airport management by enhancing safety, ensuring compliance with FAA Part 5 and ICAO Annex 19, and fostering an inclusive safety culture, as explored in our SMS implementation guide.
Topics: Risk Management Training
Reducing resistance to change in aviation safety management systems (SMS) is not often associated with safety training. But when safety managers know the right topics for aviation SMS training and pursue those topics effectively, a natural consequence is:
Topics: 3-Safety Assurance
The Human Factor Lack of Awareness is the “dead end” that many other Human Factors lead to. It happens when you are:
Topics: 4-Safety Promotion
Running a spreadsheet-based SMS or upgrading to a software-based SMS is a decision that companies are increasingly having to make a choice upon.
Topics: Risk Management Software
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