Through the course of daily work in an aviation safety management system, you will discover safety issues – this is called “discovery.” When you make discoveries, such as through hazard reporting or SMS audits, you need to formally process them through your SMS Safety Assurance Process.
Without a doubt, key performance indicators (KPIs) have been on the minds of more aviation safety professionals for the past five years than any other single aviation safety topic.
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Policies and procedures are the central backbones of any aviation safety management system (SMS).
During aviation SMS audits, the adequacy of your policies and procedures will be looked at thoroughly. The safety of day-to-day behaviors will be greatly influenced by the quality of procedures being followed.
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Aviation service providers never implement their required aviation safety management system (SMS) quickly. In most cases, it will take three to five years for a medium to a large aviation service provider to completely implement their SMS.
You may scrape by in the early stages by pencil-whipping SMS requirements into shape, but an SMS is more than policies and pretty, well-formatted aviation SMS manuals.
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Aviation safety charts gather and present aviation safety management system (SMS) information to stakeholders. Stakeholders use this visually rich information to make informed, fact-based decisions about SMS and organizational performance.
A popular idiom is "A picture can speak a thousand words." This saying implies that a picture, or chart in our case, can convey complex information more quickly and effectively than attempting to describe the chart's meaning in words.
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Aviation is one of the safest modes of transportation, thanks to rigorous safety protocols and continuous learning from incidents. For aviation safety managers, incident investigations are a cornerstone of maintaining and enhancing safety. These investigations aim to uncover the root causes of incidents to prevent future occurrences, not to assign blame.
As outlined in ICAO Annex 13, the sole objective is prevention, ensuring lessons learned contribute to safer skies.
The objective of an aviation quality management system (QMS) is to continually improve the level of customer satisfaction by meeting their needs.
The objective of a safety management system (SMS) is to also continually improve, but instead of focusing on customer satisfaction, an SMS program focuses on stakeholders' safety, both real and perceived.
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When you perform internal aviation SMS audits, it’s essential you include the auditing of previously managed issues.
Why should you audit previously managed issues?
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Another aviation safety audit for your safety management system (SMS)...
The safety auditors are coming with established guidelines from:
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Risk analysis is a vital component of aviation Safety Management Systems (SMS), enabling safety managers to systematically identify, assess, and mitigate issues that could compromise safety.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, unaddressed risks contribute to 70% of aviation incidents, resulting in $1.2 billion in annual losses industry-wide, as reported by IATA.
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