SM4 Safety Articles & Resources
Planning Basics
Because your organization is unique, your response to an aviation accident or incident will also be unique. It will reflect the circumstances of the loss and it will reflect your…
Legal Issues
An aviation accident or incident can create significant legal challenges. Your response plan should address the strategies and tools that you will use to meet those challenges. Your post accident…
Understanding SMS
The “Safety Management System” approach began in the late 1980s and early 1990s as an effort to immediately improve safety across the scope of military aviation. The Airline industry followed….
SMS Training
A true SMS, a system that meets regulatory requirements and actually improves your safety profile, is complex. It includes the need for people with skills to identify, analyze, assess and…
IdentIfyIng and DevelopIng Your SMS
Effective safety management systems are comprehensive processes that utilize identified and dedicated resources to optimize your safety potential. The SMS approach results in a coherent structure that you will use…
Tremors
A mass casualty aviation mishap caused by a lack of professionalism has yet to strike; but it’s clear that tremors of unprofessionalism rumble just beneath the surface. From the flight…
Clearing the Air on Family Assistance, Part III: If The Unthinkable Happens, Will We Be In It Alone?
In your response plan development, you should decide whether to provide family assistance on your own, entrust assistance support to a service provider, or develop a hybrid approach. Recent mishap…
Promoting Safety Communication Within the Aviation Department
Whether it is to get the passengers to their destination on time, return an aircraft to service before its next scheduled flight or put together a complicated 5-day trip, our…
From Where I Sit…Flight Deck Automation. Have We Gone Too Far?
Our cockpits continue to be increasingly automated. Autopilots, flight directors, flight management systems and electronic flight information systems (EFIS) glass displays are designed to reduce fatigue and allow us to…
