In the old days of national airline carriers the crews almost invariably shared the same nationality. Indeed, a common national identity of the workforce was a trademark of these carriers.
Now, with the liberalization of air transport occurring in many parts of the world, workforces have become increasingly multicultural.
Topics: Safety Culture
Safety communication in aviation SMS is simply another way of sharing data.
Safety communication IS data sharing. This data sharing happens in several ways:
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Risk tolerance is simply how much risk you are willing to accept in a given activity, task, situation, etc.
High-risk tolerance is not good.
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Aviation safety cultures are the attitudes, behaviors, and actions that drive safety performance in your SMS.
Safety culture includes how management supports safety, and what front-line employees do when no one is watching.
There are different aspects of safety culture that, together,
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Social psychology plays a tremendously important role in safe operations. In fact, it may play the most important role in safety outcomes.
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Many often complain about how difficult it is to get full participation for their aviation safety management system. However, it doesn’t have to be difficult. Members of your organization will need much less coaxing to participate in your aviation safety program by making your program:
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This New Year’s celebration was filled with pride for the aviation industry because we heard that 2017 was the safest year on record for commercial air travel. The following week, news about the grounding of two senior pilots of a London-Mumbai flight surfaced in the headlines because of a fight in the cockpit, and subsequently, both came out of the cockpit, leaving the aircraft unmanned.
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