I believe the primary motivation of safety management systems (SMS) in aviation is efficiency. Of course, safety and looking out for the health and well-being of others is incredibly important, that goes without saying, but there are more consequences of safety risks than simply injuries to consider.
Some accidents and mistakes cost time and money rather than lives. Preventing those types of incidents is incredibly important to aviation as well.
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How many of you find reading FAA's Part 5-Safety Management Systems relaxing and enjoyable?
Do you pick up Part 5 during your vacation and say, "Wow, this is so cool!?" Let's enjoy some light reading while I'm watching the kids play in the water.
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The dust has settled since the FAA has released "Safety Management Systems for Domestic, Flag, and Supplemental Operations Certificate Holders." Being an aviation SMS geek, I finally got around to reading it with a critical eye.
If you are the safety manager for a part 121 carrier, chances are that you have already read it. I'm wondering whether other safety managers are seeing what I'm seeing, or am I misunderstanding these Part 5 SMS requirements?
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