Significant changes have taken place over the last 25 years in many areas of aviation and not only in the technical quality of the product. It has taken the Aviation Industry decades to understand fully the role of the organization in aviation accidents and incidents. This understanding has led to the current environment in which…

The forthcoming EASA regulatory requirement 145.A.62 ‘Internal Safety Reporting Scheme’ (NPA 2013-01) introduces a separate provision to strengthen the development and implementation of  a confidential internal safety reporting scheme as part of the Organization’s ‘safety information system’ to help the organisation foster its safety culture. A strong safety culture is an essential ingredient for effective…

How to identify areas which need special attention and how to focus our efforts on making sure we can deliver in all relevant areas. Which areas of the organization need special attention? …and what do we mean by special attention? We may believe that we know where are key areas are, however the whole point…

Organisations implementing a successful SMS system recognize that the SMS is an organizational tool and not one more of the “many” compliances which have to be met. The goal is actually quite straight forward to identify, and characterize threats and exposures which we consider as a risk to our organisation. To assess our exposure and to…