Aviation Safety Management

  P rocedure - “a specified way to carry out an activity or a process” – procedures translate the  what in goals and objectives into how in practical activities (things people do).  Procedures are  simply documented activities to accomplish processes, e.g., a way to perform a process.  The  organization should specify their own procedures for accomplishing processes in the context of  their unique operational environment, organizational structure, and management objectives.  

Acceptable level of safety (ALoS)  is the minimum degree of safety that must be assured by a system in actual practice;                      Absolute safety is generally an unachievable and too expensive goal. Therefore the concept of acceptable safety has been adopted in risk bearing industries, including aviation. The term "acceptable risk" describes an event with a probability of occurrence and consequences acceptable to the society, i.e. the society is willing to take or be subjected to the risk that the event might bring. It is the role of the safety regulatory authorities to translate the society expectations and perceptions into a qualitative or quantitative target level of safety.                  “The  acceptable level of safety  expresses the safety goals of an oversight authority, an operator, or a services provider. From the perspective of the relationship ...

Annex 19 was adopted on 25 Feb 2013 becomes applicable on 14 Nov 2013. CHAPTER 1. DEFINITIONS CHAPTER 2. APPLICABILITY -  applicable to safety management, operation of aircraft. CHAPTER 3. STATE SAFETY MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES CHAPTER 4. SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (SMS) CHAPTER 5. SAFETY DATA COLLECTION, ANALYSIS AND EXCHANGE           5.1 Safety data collection           5.2 Safety data analysis           5.3 Safety data protection           5.4 Safety information exchange APPENDIX 1. STATE SAFETY OVERSIGHT SYSTEM          1. Primary aviation legislation          2. Specific operating regulations          3. State system and functions          4. Qualified technical personnel          5. Technical guidance, tools and provision of safety-critic...

                     The ICAO Safety Management Manual, Third Edition - 2013 (Doc 9859-AN/474) is intended to serve as a source of information and guidance on safety management. The third edition of the ICAO Safety Management Manual (SMM) supersedes the second edition, published in 2009, and the ICAO Accident Prevention Manual (Doc 9422), which is obsolete.                 This manual is intended to provide States with guidance on the development and implementation of a State safety programme (SSP), in accordance with the SARPs  contained in  Annex 1 — Personnel Licensing,  Annex 6 — Operation of Aircraft,  Annex 8 — Airworthiness of Aircraft,  Annex 11 — Air Traffic Services,  Annex 13 — Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation and  Annex 14 — Aerodromes, Volume I — Aerodrome Design and Operations.  Annex 19 — Safet...