The safety risk management is crucial for aviation industry companies. Each of aviation organizations (i.e. airlines, aerodrome operators, General Aviation entities, etc.) has different specificity and deals with different factors. Numerous studies on safety risk management have been conducted, however authors of presented paper have seen a need to review one of the its numerous aspect - the risk assessment from the perspective of aerodrome operator. The variety of risk assessment tools and techniques gives many possibilities, but can also cause disarray if rules or selection criteria for their use have not been developed. The aim of the article is to present the risk assessment tools and techniques, that may be the most beneficial and useful for selected safety aspects of aerodrome functioning. For this purpose, existing risk assessment techniques and tools were collected and briefly reviewed, as well as their usefulness for the aerodrome operator was verified according to the proposed issues related to the safety of aerodrome operations. Analysis have shown that a manual summarizing and reviewing risk assessment tools and techniques could be useful for aerodrome operators.
As air traffic is continously growing and the number of potential hazards for safety is
also rising, improvement of management systems is required to ensure an adequate
level of safety. The management of change constitutes an important part of the safety
management system (SMS) defined in Annex 19 to the Convention on International
Civil Aviation. It is one of twelve elements of SMS found in the ‘Safety assurance’
component. The management of change put in place in an aviation organisation
demonstrates the considerable development of an SMS. This process is essential for
managing safety in an efficient way. The article reports on the state of implementation
of the management of change in selected civil aviation organisations and also points
out the difficulties related with carrying it out in everyday life. The paper focuses on
managing changes of certified aerodromes and air navigation service providers. In the
conclusions, tools are proposed that enable the reader to improve the process.
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