Safety Systems (SMS) - SM4 Safety Articles & Resources
After all the Industry Hyperbole, Conferences, and Congressional Hearings—Is Business Aviation Any Closer to Reliability In Aircraft Tracking?
GPS in every cockpit. Drones delivering pizza. Autonomous gliders trained to find thermals on their own. With the current state of aviation technology, surely a chief pilot sitting in the…
Achieving Simplicity in a Complex World of Safety
Effective leaders deliver simplicity in response to complexity. (Harter, 2006, p. 77) Although anyone can be a leader in any given context (expert, coach, etc.), the head of the organization…
Maximizing the Benefit: Applying Risk Management Tools to Achieve Operational Excellence
One of the benefits of an effective, enterprise-wide risk management program is the opportunity to break down pre-existing barriers between and within departments. Yes, many organizations’ administrative and technical departments…
Emotional Buy-In to Your Emergency Response Program
On an intellectual level, having a comprehensive Emergency Response Program makes sense. That is why I have seen countless Program owners (Aviation Directors, Safety Managers and the like) attempt to…
Focused IEP for Small Operators
Internal control dates back to when operational complexity required one person to have custody of assets belonging to others (Wilson, Wells, Little, & Ross, 2014, p. 85). So when the…
The Airport Risk Manager’s ERM/SMS Dilemma
So many projects, so little time…and money, and staff and resources and…. This may apply to two of the biggest challenges faced by airport risk managers today, namely the apparent…
Safety Culture…Continuous Nurturing Required
Culture is to organizations what personality is to individuals—every person has one and every organization has one. Whether that culture is supportive or stifling, transparent or guarded, inclusive or selective,…
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…
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…
