Introduction to
Safety Management Systems
(SMS)
for
You
By
“Clark” Kent Lewis
SMS:
Who/What/Why/
Where/When/How
!This
module will introduce safety practitioners
to the basics of Safety Management Systems
(SMS).
!We are front line Air Safety Representatives.
!We have a principal stake in improving the
management of safety, reducing the accident
rate and driving down mishap costs.
WHO
!Pilots
!Mechanics
!Controllers
!Ramp
Agents
!Flt Attendants
!Dispatchers
!States
!Organizations
&
Prof Associations
!Service Providers
!Aircraft Operators
!Manufacturers
!Civil Aviation Admin
!ICAO
WHAT IS SAFETY
!Safety
!absence of potential harm.
!Risk
!Severity of consequences (how much harm) and
!Likelihood (how likely we are of suffering harm)
!Management
!Identify, analyze and assess risk
!Set system requirements
!Take steps to ensure that they are met.
WHAT IS MANAGEMENT
!
Safety Assurance Using Quality Techniques.
!Practice of organizational philosophy, policy,
procedures to control risk in aviation operations.
!Improvement of system and,
!Repeat as necessary to achieve system goals .
WHAT IS A SYSTEM
!
Focus on an collaborative approach.
!Integrated network of people and other
resources performing harmonized activities
that accomplish system goals.
!Management of the system’s activities
involves planning, organizing, directing, and
controlling these assets.
WHY
!Modern
!Is
aviation system…
complex, diverse, global, rapidly changing.
!Requires sound management of functions
that are essential to safe operation.
!Rapid global increase in the volume and
variety of aviation operations push the
limitations of current safety strategies and
practices.
Worldwide Hull Loss Projection
If current accident rate holds
Based on Expected Fleet Growth
50
Projection
Actuals
30
21
20
20
12 11
1985
Source: Boeing
14
21 21 21 21
21 20 20
20.6
16
14
1990
37
Standard
23.6
deviation
26
25
10
41.2
Hull loss projection at
current accident rate
40
Annual
hull
losses
49
1996
Industry goal: 50%
reduction in
accident rate
2000
Year
2005
2010
2015
SMS Business Case Example
Air Transat Flight 236 Aug 2001
SMS Benefits since 236
"
"
"
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Air Transat has a 72% decrease in irregular
operating costs (over $1m per month saved).
Improved employee morale at Air Transat.
Benefits in reduced incidents and increased
awareness of operation.
Applies equally to other sectors of industry,
including airport operators, air traffic
controllers, third party vendors and
manufacturers.
WHERE
!Pick
a place - Home office, pilot lounge,
control tower, ramp, flight deck, cabin,
cargo bay, factory, University, hangar,
boardroom, halls of Congress.
!Anywhere, any time. Wherever a pad of
paper, pencil, cell phone or laptop finds
us.
WHEN
!Do
it now and do it often. Safety
management is CONTINUOUS.
!Be proactive. Make the call. Follow up.
SMS is about developing FORESIGHT to
prevent mishaps.
!Reactive hindsight = a poor system.
HOW
!Four
Pillars of Safety Management
!Policy
!Safety
Risk Management
!Safety Assurance
!Safety Promotion
HOW
!Four
Pillars of Safety Management
!Policy
!Culture-Informed, open, reporting, just,
learning.
!Everyone is responsible for safety and
mission.
!Safety Risk Management
!Risk management serves to focus safety
efforts on those hazards posing the greatest
risks.
HOW
!Four
Pillars of Safety Management
!Safety Assurance
!Feedback on performance.
!Safety health audit and evaluation.
!Safety Promotion
!Training, literature, courses, seminars.
!Responsibility.
RESOURCES
!ICAO
Safety Management Manual
!FAA AC No: 120-92 Introduction to Safety Management
Systems for Air Operators
!AC 120-59A, Air Carrier Internal Evaluation Programs.
!AC 120-66, Aviation Safety Analysis Programs (ASAP).
!AC 120-79, Developing and Implementing a Continuing Analysis
and Surveillance System.
!AC 120-82, Flight Operational Quality Assurance (FOQA).
!Guidebook for Developing a Basic SMS
!http://www.faasafety.gov
Resources
Kent Lewis
kent@signalcharlie.net
To learn more about SMS, visit…
www.signalcharlie.net
It’s free.
Also visit…
www.faasafety.gov