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How to Regain Control of Your Aviation SMS

Posted by Tyler Britton on Jul 30, 2018 4:17:00 AM

What Is It Like to Lose Control of Your Aviation SMS

Losing control of your aviation SMS is largely a product of feeling overwhelmed by all the actions, documentation, and tasks required to implement and monitor safety.

While it is possible for safety culture to erode over time, to the point where the SMS does not perform well, losing control of an SMS often means not being able to “keep up” with things like:

  • Safety assurance, such as managing safety issues, corrective actions, reviews, inspections, etc.;
  • The workload necessary to complete SMS design;
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Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation

When Your SMS Becomes Too Much to Handle

Posted by Tyler Britton on Jul 9, 2018 4:38:00 AM

What Is Too Much to Handle

We talk with aviation safety professionals and business executives every day about their struggles with implementing and managing an SMS.

Inevitably, all aviation safety programs will reach a point of growth where it is getting too much to handle.

Too much to handle can mean one of several things:

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Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation

How to Complete Phase 4 of Aviation SMS Implementation [With Free Checklist]

Posted by Tyler Britton on Jun 13, 2018 4:22:00 AM

What Is Phase 4 of Aviation SMS Implementation

Phase 4 of SMS implementation is all about following through on designing your SMS, and moving forward with actually using the created resources and monitoring your SMS. For example, in Phase 3 of SMS implementation you are required to create KPIs, and in Phase 4 you are required to monitor them.

Many aspects you created in Phase 3 are fulfilled in Phase 4 by assuring that they function in actual operations. Thus, Phase 4 is largely concerned with:

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Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation

How to Complete Phase 3 of Aviation SMS Implementation [With Free Resources]

Posted by Tyler Britton on Jun 11, 2018 3:00:00 PM

What Is Phase 3 of Aviation SMS Implementation

Phase 3 of Aviation SMS implementation is largely about implementing your Safety Risk Management process. Your SRM process is where you document and design your safety management system. Designing your SMS is a two-step process:

  • First you design and document your SMS; and
  • Second, you update it as your SMS and/or environmental change.

Phase 3 of aviation SMS implementation is a major hurdle because it is extensive, including such things like:

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Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation, 2-Safety Risk Management

How to Complete Phase 2 of Aviation SMS Implementation [With Free Checklist]

Posted by Tyler Britton on May 23, 2018 4:02:00 AM

What Is Phase 2 of Aviation SMS Implementation?

Phase 2 of SMS Implementation is largely dedicated to documenting foundational, core, elements of your safety management system.

The result of implementing Phase 2 is an SMS Safety Policy that all employees can reference to understand:

  • What the SMS is;
  • What their role in the SMS is;
  • Available resources for working safely; and
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Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation

How to Complete Phase 1 of Aviation SMS Implementation [With Free Checklist]

Posted by Tyler Britton on May 21, 2018 4:03:00 AM

What Is Phase 1 of Aviation SMS Implementation

Phase 1 of Aviation SMS implementation involves activities that lay the groundwork you will need to begin implementing other parts of your SMS, such as critical processes and policy.

Phase 1 of aviation SMS has the goal of answering like:

  • How are we currently managing safety?
  • How do we ultimately want to manage safety?
  • How are we going to go from where we are now to how we want to manage safety?
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Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation

How to Switch Your Aviation SMS Program

Posted by Tyler Britton on Dec 27, 2017 5:59:00 AM

What Does It Mean to “Switch” SMS Program

If you’re reading this, it means you are considering or curious about what it takes to switch your safety management system. But, what are we talking about when we say “switch” your SMS program. There are a couple of possible scenarios that you should consider:

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Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation

FAA Part 5 - Review Management Responsibility in Aviation SMS

Posted by Christopher Howell on Feb 5, 2016 6:00:00 AM

Daily SMS Activities May Preclude Routine Review

The new year has started. Business activities are beginning to return to full speed. At full speed, aviation safety managers may be putting out fires. These fires may cause safety teams to look continuously ahead when they should occasionally be looking back.

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Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation

FAA Part 5 - Understanding Scope of Aviation SMS Implementation

Posted by Christopher Howell on Jan 29, 2016 6:00:00 AM

Ignorance Is No Excuse for Regulatory SMS Noncompliance

Imagine you come to Anchorage to play ping pong at NorthWest Data Solutions' headquarters. You fancy yourself as a pretty good ping pong player, so you are confident that you will not be skunked by NWDS' professional software engineers.

A small problem may arise as you are trying to keep score.

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Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation

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