In aviation safety management, responsibility, confidentiality, and privacy are the triad that affects how you handle reported safety information. Whether your organization is large or small,
Risk management tools in aviation SMS is simply a vague term that refers to resources that can help you manage risk. Often, the most beneficial resources tend to be simple, inexpensive, and helpful for both providing guidance and helping you organize your time.
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
Topics: 1-Safety Policy, Quality-Safety 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.
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.
Topics: 1-Safety Policy, Quality-Safety Management
Proving the effectiveness of your aviation safety management system comes in several flavors. Who are you proving the effectiveness to?
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.
Topics: Quality-Safety 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.
Topics: Quality-Safety Management
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:
Topics: Quality-Safety Management
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.
Topics: Quality-Safety Management
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