Author – Steven Bentley Steve’s role is currently Director of Standards – EASA Regulatory Compliance at Sofema Aviation Services www.sassofia.com – A regulatory and vocational training organisation. More than 10,000 delegates have completed SAS Training courses since launching in March 2008. So to consider the challenge of auditing SMS! As a performance system the standard prescriptive…

The active element in a performance based system depends on the success of the feedback “data” element together with an acceptable process for analysing the data. Final a measure with which we can benchmark typically called performance indicators or key performance indicators. The aim of an effective Fatigue Risk Management System (FRMS) is to both…

Fatigue may be considered as a “hidden enemy” with the potential to impact the effectiveness of our operations, at best it impairs performance at worst it could be a precursor to a serious event or worse! What do we mean when we say move from a compliance based system to a performance based system? Step…

As we may well be aware cognitive performance is our ability to utilize the knowledge acquired by mental processes in our brains. It is understood that even partial Sleep Deprivation (SD) may induce adverse changes in cognitive performance, and can influence attention and vigilance. The decrease in attention and working memory due to lack of…