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Progressing To the Next Level of Safety Management

This article is the third in a series of articles that takes a closer look at the aviation safety management system. The entire series can be found here.

In the previous article; “The Shifting Focus of Safety Management,” I made the statement; “In order to progress to the next level of safety management, a performance based approach is required to assess the actual performance of activities against organizational controls.”
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The Shifting Focus of Safety Management

This article is the second in a series of articles that takes a closer look at the aviation safety management system. The entire series can be found here.

Historically, aviation safety management has been based of regulatory compliance.  There is no argument that regulatory compliance is an important part of safety management, although it is impossible to provide rules for every operational situation.

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A Review of What We Have Learned

This article is the first in a series of articles that takes a closer look at the aviation safety management system. The entire series can be found here.

I would like to begin this article series with a synopsis of the seven-part article series; “Understanding the SMS.” Following this synopsis, future articles will discuss the SMS components and implementation in greater detail.

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