A view by Steve Bentley Aviation Consultant & MD of Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) Having a job which brings me into contact with many aviation professionals (during 2017 SAS expects more than 3000 delegates on its training courses) – It becomes possible to an unofficial understanding regarding the effectiveness of SMS within your organisation. A…

May 2nd and 3rd, 2016 Location – Bangkok, Thailand Venue – Hotel Citrus Sukhumvit 11 Bangkok SAS has built up a strong reputation for providing effective support and delivering EASA and ICAO compliant regulatory and vocational training for more than 8 years. Providing Regulatory & Vocational training for 1000′s of delegates and 100′s of training courses, currently…

Within the Aviation Environment we have potential exposure to a vast range of hazards, how we manage these hazards and develop mitigations for the associated exposure is an essential attribute of effective H & S management. Essentially we are talking more about organisational issues although Human Factors may be identified as precursors for many events….

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…