Aviation Safety Management

Performance Objectives - The organization will develop and implement an   integrated, comprehensive SMS for its entire organization and will incorporate a procedure to identify and  maintain compliance with current safety-related legal, regulatory, and statutory requirements.  General Design Expectations.          (1) Safety management will be included in the complete scope and life cycle of the   organization’s systems including:                      (a) For air operators:                           1. Flight operations,                           2. Operational control (dispatch/flight following),                           3. Maintenance and inspection,                           4. Cabin safety,                           5. Ground handling and servicing,                           6. Cargo handling, and                           7. Training.                      (b) For separate aviation maintenance organizations:                           1. Parts/materials,             

Accident . An occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft that takes place  between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons  have disembarked, and in which any person suffers death or serious injury, or in which the  aircraft receives substantial damage . Analysis . The conversion of data into information, to identify measures that predict  safety related problems to allow risk-management decisionmaking, by the identification of  trends, deficiencies and root causes. This involves the processes of identifying a question or issue  to be addressed, modeling the issue, investigating model results, interpreting the results, and  possibly making a recommendation. Analysis typically involves using scientific or mathematical  methods for evaluation. Assessment . The process of measuring or judging the value or level of something.   Attributes . System Attributes, are inherent characteristics of a system that apply to an  eff

                    CAR D5F-F1 Para  1.1 Air carriers should have a safety department that addresses the broad range of risks involved in commercial aviation to include, but not limited to, flight, maintenance, and ground safety . Since operators vary in both size and scope of operations, it is appropriate to consider such criteria as the kind of operations involved, the number and type of airplanes used, and the areas of operations when determining the size and  complexity of a safety department.                    Chief of Flight Safety (CFS) . This person would be responsible for keeping the highest management officials of the certificate holder fully informed about the safety status of the certificate holder's entire operation. The CFS shall hold independent, full time position. However, the DGCA recognizes that in smaller operations, the Chief of Flight Safety function might be an additional function of a current manager. CAR provides flexibility in the requirements fo

   “SHEL” model  : The component blocks of the SHEL model : Software, Hardware, Environment, Liveware). The  interpretations are: liveware (human), hardware (machine), software (procedures, symbology, etc.) and environment.                                   Liveware (the human)  is at the centre of the model. Human is generally considered  the most critical as well as the most flexible component in the system. Yet people are subject to considerable variations in performance and suffer many limitations, most of which are now predictable in general terms. The edges of this block are jagged, and so the other components of the system must be carefully matched with them if stress in the system and eventual breakdown are to be avoided.  Physical size and shape. In the design of workplace and equipment, a vital consideration involves body measurements and movements, which may vary according to factors such as age, ethnicity and gender. Human Factors inputs must be provided at an early sta

 WORKSHOP ON SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM   Pondicherry   30.04.2011             Topic: Safety Management Systems – Why required ?       Introduction:  ICAO in its Annexes requires ‘States to, as part of their safety programme, have the service providers/ organizations engaged in commercial operations, maintenance of aircraft, aerodrome operations, provision of air traffic services, design organizations, training to implement a safety management system which is acceptable to the State’.   In compliance with the standards of ICAO Annexes, various CARs specify the requirements for the establishment of SMS by an organisation.            SMS CAR- CAR Section 1 General Series C Part I specifies the minimum acceptable requirements for the establishment of SMS in an organization.            Benefits: To improve on existing levels of aviation safety in the light of the continuing growth of the industry, additional measures are needed.  One such measure is to encourage individual operat