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

5 Tips to Tell Whether Your Aviation SMS Is Performing?

Posted by Stu Martin on Aug 19, 2019 6:00:00 AM

What Are We Really Talking About?

In aviation safety management systems (SMS), the best indicator of a highly performant safety culture isn’t one that has reduced operational risk close to zero, but one that readily adapts to and absorbs safety issues and disturbances as they arise.

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Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management

4 Tools to Help Every Aviation SMS Implementation

Posted by Stu Martin on Aug 14, 2019 6:00:00 AM

Aviation SMS Implementations Are Result of Many Small Actions

The process of aviation safety management systems (SMS), simply put, is the conglomeration of many small actions on the part of safety management teams, operational managers and employees.

Actions such as:

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Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management

How Should Safety Managers Talk to Others About Aviation SMS?

Posted by Stu Martin on Jul 17, 2019 5:24:00 AM

The Method of Talking About a Safety Management System

In another post about safety management systems for the layman, I discussed some of the groundwork for what an aviation safety management system (SMS) is and who uses it.

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How to Perform Risk Assessments Without Aviation Risk Management Software

Posted by Stu Martin on Jul 16, 2019 6:08:00 AM

What Is Risk Assessment?

In November 2006, ICAO mandated that all member states implement formal aviation safety management systems (SMS). One objective was to provide aviation service providers with a standardized approach to managing safety.

During the aviation SMS implementation, operators must create and maintain a formal process of risk analysis and risk assessment in order to keep safety performance at an acceptable level of safety (ALoS). This process is “formal” in the sense that this process needs to be documented and reviewed.

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4 Best Safety Practices for General Aviation Pilots

Posted by Jamie Adams on Jul 11, 2019 6:07:00 AM

Safety Management Systems Not Just for Large Operators

When we think of safety management systems (SMS), it’s easy to think of big operations such as major airlines and large international airports.

General aviation pilots and smaller aviation service providers need their own safety management systems as well,

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Essential Tips to Boost Your Aviation Risk Management Skills

Posted by Jamie Adams on Jul 10, 2019 6:12:00 AM

Aviation Risk Management Skills Always Need Refining

Pilots have to be committed to safety.

At the end of the day, safety is the most important thing in aviation.

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How to Reduce Complexity of Aviation SMS Implementations

Posted by Stu Martin on Jul 8, 2019 6:00:00 AM

Manage Safety Is Managing Risk

Ultimately, managing safety is about managing risk – a core value that can easily be overshadowed in large aviation safety management systems' (SMS) implementations.

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Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management

What Is Reactive Risk Management (Why It’s Essential for Aviation SMS)

Posted by Stu Martin on Jul 7, 2019 6:03:00 AM

What Is Reactive Risk Management

Reactive risk management usually gets a bad rap. It’s often perceived as the “lowest” form of risk management, and those aviation service providers should be moving from reactive risk management towards more “advanced” forms to manage risk.

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Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management

Paying Big Dividends With LOSA!

Posted by Dr. Bob Baron on Jul 4, 2019 6:00:00 AM

Common Questions About Aviation LOSA Programs

As a professional that regularly deals with Line Operations Safety Audits (LOSA), there are two questions that I frequently hear;

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How to Monitor and Control Risk in Aviation SMS

Posted by Christopher Howell on Jun 26, 2019 5:05:00 AM

Safety Professionals Need to Understand Risk Control Strategies

Aviation safety managers must monitor risk controls for effectiveness as they are associated with many hazards encountered in daily operations. There is an expectation of regulatory agencies that aviation service providers' implemented safety management systems (SMS) will:

  • proactively manage safety;
  • identify potential hazards,
  • determine the risk associated with those identified hazards; and
  • implement and monitor control measures that mitigate the risk.
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Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management

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