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Aviation Safety Management System – further investigation process derived from the event time line

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April 14, 2015

Steven Bentley

The following provides an insight into areas of exposure which may be identified as a secondary or contributing element towards any event under investigation. As we develop our timeline of the various elements which formed our event, incident or accident we can look in more depth in any area which we are minded to believe…

Aircraft Maintenance during the Early Years

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March 30, 2015

Steven Bentley

Where did Aircraft Maintenance come from?  In the beginning there was no maintenance requirement so it became a needs driven activity. Task which would in fact tend to be multiplied due to any findings following adverse events. We can trace regulatory driven maintenance requirements back to the 1930’s. Essentially the hard time maintenance tasks predominated…

How to Maximize the Effect of Confidential SMS Reporting – How Beneficial is Confidential Reporting?

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Sofema Aviation Services

March 20, 2015

Steven Bentley

What is confidential reporting? Confidential report allows for the raising of awareness regard a perceived exposure (risk) to a particular hazard. Confidential reporting does not in fact replace any existing schemes rather it creates another “string to our bow” in that it provides a mechanism for reporting where the reporter is feeling in some way…

Investigation and analysis considering Risk and Exposure – When to perform investigations

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March 16, 2015

Steven Bentley

For some years now airlines have been implementing to one degree or another Safety Management Systems (SMS). Integral to the effectiveness of this process is the need to develop organisational reporting systems which are based on the Proactive model of encouraging all staff to report and hazards in the work place. We encourage the creation…

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