Safety Management Systems (SMS)

Safety Management Systems (SMS), in General and Commercial Aviation operators can proactively identify and manage risks. Under a formal SMS, operators identify potential hazards and guarantee that a development is positioned in place to effectively manage them to prevent incidents and accidents.

So, what that mean SMS? How to applying Safety Management System to your organization?

Perhaps this should be a good titled Why to introduced and implementing SMS in to your organization?

Starting in 2009 all participant States of ICAO and all aviation service providers within those states must implement a Safety Management System that as a minimum:

ü  Identifies Safety Hazards.

ü  Make sure the implementation of corrective action necessary to maintain established safety performance.

ü  Provides continuous monitoring and regular assessment of the safety performance to prevent incidents and accidents.

ü  Seeks continuous improvement in the overall performance of the Safety Management System.

According to ICAO, an SMS is defined as “a Systematic Approach to Managing Safety including the necessary organizational structures, responsibilities, policies and procedures.”

So, what does this all mean to You? Also how to implementing?  If you are a regulator, an aircraft operator, a maintenance organization, an aircraft manufacturer, an air traffic services provider, or a certificated airport operator, the owner of a Flight Training School etc., you MUST have a Safety Management System (SMS) in place inside your group as soon as possible to implement more safety concepts. In the SMS established development you will be introduced to the basic concepts of Safety and the up-to-date approach to Safety Management to all your team inside your organization.

The Key is to be familiarized and adapted with according to the ICAO regulations, and also everyone inside your team, will learn more Safety Management Systems as applied to Aviation Operations, learn how to communicate effectively with and involve all levels to the prevention of aviation accidents in general and commercial aviation.

My only purpose with this information writing these words is to promote Safety to prevent accidents and incidents all around the world, please take your time go to the link and read and be more clear what that SMS mean to you and how your team can executing if your organization have not incorporated into your organization yet your SMS program.

Remember Safety First, Safe Pilots, Safe Skies. Safety is the Key !!!!

http://www.icao.int/safety/SafetyManagement/Documents/Doc.9859.3rd%20Edition.alltext.en.pdf