SM4 Safety Articles & Resources
A Source of Stability Amidst a Torrent of Change
Our industry is on the bow wave of some of the greatest change in the last 50 years. Tens of thousands of new pilots and maintenance professionals are entering the…
A Brief History of Upset Training
On March 3, 1991, a Boeing 737 crashed near the approach end of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport runway 35. The cause of the crash was later determined to be loss…
How Supply Chain/External Vendors Can Impact Your SMS Performance
For companies that have implemented a Safety Management System, the word “audit” has become an integral part of day-to-day operations. Yet, how many organizations actually examine the safety performance of…
FAA Proposed Rules for Small UAS Fall Short
In February 2015 the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released its long-awaited Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) on rules for small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS). The proposed rules outline both…
On Approach with ASIAS
If we pause, take a look back and see how far we have come in our safety programs, we have made significant steps that have evolved into mature safety management…
Medical Advisory: Just How Important Are Travel Immunizations?
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), “progress towards the global vaccination target for 2015 is far off track “and WHO is “calling for renewed efforts to get progress back…
The Missing Component of a World-Class Flight Department
Your business aviation professionals represent a high-caliber, safety-conscious demographic. Your flight department hires only the best pilots, with flight time exceeding regulatory guidelines. You have recurrent training programs with a…
Professionally Uncomfortable
Adapted from Dr. Kern’s column in Skies magazine I usually take great care not to talk about recent mishaps, and for good reason. Typically, emotions are high, and friends and…
Upset Recovery Training Crucial to Addressing Loss of Control
Air Asia 8501 looks to be another data point painting the ugly picture of the Loss of Control problem in the commercial jet aviation industry. The final report is not…
