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

5 Steps to Create Fishbone Diagrams in Aviation SMS

Posted by Stu Martin on Oct 9, 2024, 6:00:00 AM

What Is a Fishbone Diagram?

Fishbone diagrams are an excellent risk management tool for the root-cause-focused aviation industry.

If you are wondering how to use fishbone diagrams, you first need to know what a fishbone diagram is.

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Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management

3 Best Aviation SMS Risk Management Tools: Pros and Cons of Each

Posted by Stu Martin on Sep 18, 2024, 6:00:00 AM

What Are the 3 Best Aviation SMS Risk Management Tools?

Aviation safety management systems (SMS) have many required components that must be monitored and documented regularly. Much of this gathered data assists in enhancing operational processes by providing managers with actionable, decision-making value.

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Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management

What Is Aviation Incident and Accident Reporting Software?

Posted by Christopher Howell on Sep 11, 2024, 4:05:00 AM

Aviation Incident and Accident Reporting Software

Aviation Incident and Accident Reporting Software are specialized software systems that facilitate the collection, analysis, and reporting of aviation incidents and accidents.

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Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management

8 Stages of Safety Events in Aviation Risk Management Process

Posted by Stu Martin on Jun 5, 2024, 6:00:00 AM

Why Understand the Stages of Safety Events?

Understanding the fine lines between various stages of safety events in aviation risk management processes is extremely important.

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Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management

What Is a Safety Manager in Aviation Safety Management Systems (SMS)?

Posted by Stu Martin on May 22, 2024, 5:45:00 AM

What Is an Aviation Safety Manager in an SMS Program?

The aviation safety manager (SM) is the individual charged with developing, monitoring, and improving the safety management system (SMS) of the service provider.

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Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management

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

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Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management

What Is Proactive Risk Management in Aviation SMS?

Posted by Stu Martin 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."

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Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management

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.

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Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management

Examples of Good Hazard Reporting Forms in Aviation Safety

Posted by Stu Martin on Feb 14, 2024, 5:45:00 AM

How to Use Hazard Reporting Forms in SMS

You can’t really overestimate the value and usefulness of having high-quality hazard reporting forms.

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Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management

How to Use Fishbone Diagrams in Aviation SMS - Walkthrough

Posted by Stu Martin on Jan 31, 2024, 5:45:00 AM

What Is a Fishbone Diagram?

Fishbone diagrams are perhaps the best risk management tool in aviation safety management systems (SMS) for gaining a comprehensive understanding of root causes of safety incidents.

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Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management

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