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

Cybersecurity in Aviation SMS

Posted by Stu Martin on Dec 25, 2018 4:45:00 AM

What Is Cybersecurity

The aviation industry relies heavily on computers for every touchpoint of aviation service, from ground to flight operations. Cybersecurity is a term that refers to the safety of such computer systems

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Topics: 1-Safety Policy, Quality-Safety Management

How to Practice Proactive Risk Management in Aviation Safety

Posted by Stu Martin on Dec 16, 2018 10:46:00 AM

What Is Proactive Risk Management

Proactive risk management is often esteemed as the “best” type of risk management. This is because proactive risk management usually matures later in SMS implementation. Also, it involves identifying and stopping issues before they occur.

Despite this, it’s important to understand that proactive risk management is not “better” than reactive or predictive risk management, it is just one necessary strategy for managing risk.

The primary goals of proactive risk management are:

  • Identify behaviors that lead to hazard occurrence, and stop it before it happens;
  • Identify root causes before they lead to hazard occurrence; and
  • Understand the safety “inputs” of your program – i.e., underlying causes that lead to safety performance.
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Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management, Quality-Safety Management

Understanding SMS: A Breakdown of Aviation Safety Management Components

Posted by Stu Martin on Nov 12, 2018 5:15:00 AM

What Is a Management System

The idea of a safety management system (SMS) is something those of us in the aviation risk management industry use as if an SMS were one solid “thing.” But a safety management system is actually made up of multiple ideas, packaged into a single, functioning effort for better aviation safety.

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Topics: 1-Safety Policy, Quality-Safety Management

How to Show Effectiveness of Your Aviation Safety Management System

Posted by Stu Martin on Nov 5, 2018 6:05:00 AM

Who Are You Showing Effectiveness of SMS To

Proving the effectiveness of your aviation safety management system comes in several flavors. Who are you proving the effectiveness to? You might be showing your SMS effectiveness at managing safety to:

  • Auditors;
  • Investors;
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Topics: 3-Safety Assurance, Quality-Safety Management

What Is Change Management in Your Aviation SMS?

Posted by Mario Pierobon on Oct 5, 2018 5:25:00 AM

What Is Change Management?

In the aviation industry, it’s important to manage change effectively. Change can be organizational, procedural, or technological.

Change occurs any time an established practice is altered.

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Topics: Quality-Safety Management

Best Practices for Categorizing Your Data in Aviation SMS

Posted by Stu Martin on Aug 27, 2018 5:37:00 AM

What Are Classifications in Aviation Risk Management

In SMS, it’s extremely useful to organize reported issues by classifying them with classifications.

A classification is simply a unit of organization. By “unit of organization,” we are talking about a short phrase that describes the safety issue in one way.

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Topics: Quality-Safety Management

Good Safety Practices for Maintenance Departments and MROs in Aviation SMS

Posted by Jamie Adams on Aug 24, 2018 4:29:00 AM

4 Aviation Safety Management Practices to Apply in Aviation Maintenance

In aviation maintenance, as in all other aspects of the aviation sector, safety is paramount. 4 safety management practices that can be applied to make any maintenance operation safer are:

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Topics: Quality-Safety Management

How to Practice Due Diligence in Aviation Safety

Posted by Stu Martin on Jul 2, 2018 4:15:00 AM

What Does It Mean to Practice Due Diligence

Two general aspects of safety management systems encompass due diligence of the entire SMS: SMS design and actual safety operations.

Practicing due diligence means ensuring that the design closely matches reality.

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Topics: Quality-Safety Management

How Optimized Record Keeping Benefits Top Managers in Aviation

Posted by Stu Martin on May 16, 2018 4:43:00 AM

What Are Problems With Traditional Record Keeping

Tracking employees' documents and records is one of the most important documentation tasks aviation service providers have. This is especially true in the case of pilots, where poor record-keeping can result in regulatory fines.

Most aviation service providers manage their record keeping manually, such as in:

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Topics: Quality-Safety Management

20 Benefits of Optimized Pilot Records Management for SMS

Posted by Stu Martin on May 14, 2018 5:33:00 AM

What Is Optimized Pilot Records Management

Aviation service providers are well aware of the importance of tracking pilots’ records and documents.

At any given time, an aviation service provider may have dozens of records that require action. Especially when these records are being documented in something like an Excel spreadsheet.

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Topics: Quality-Safety Management

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