Safety Management Systems in Aviation

MINDSPACE and Development of Organizational Culture in Aviation Safety Management

“…Aviation SMSs began to evolve from the developed structure of quality management systems (QMS) emerging from mature businesses in the 1960s. Quality management has been a focus for goods manufacturers and proprietors for millennia, but the organized QMS emphasis on planning and building a quality system with repeatable processes along with measuring performance is considered the basis for modern aviation SMS systems (Stolzer & Goglia, 2016). Aviation SMS were developed over time as technical improvements combined with human factors studies and business-related QMS programs began to influence an organized approach to aviation safety (Federal Aviation Administration [FAA], 2016).…”

“…Organizational culture is the fertile ground that permits SMS to be effective. Culture allows the establishment of the four pillars of SMS which are safety policy, risk management, safety assurance, and safety promotion (Stolzer & Goglia, 2016). Establishing a culture that is open to and dedicated to developing these four safety concepts in the most primary step in the effective function of SMS.…”

Performance evaluation of airport safety management systems in Taiwan

“…Safety policy provides the foundation for SMS (FAA, 2012). Stolzer et al (2008) pointed out that senior managers by devoting attention, time, and resources to SMS, are important for ensuring that SMS is efficiently implemented. TPE is the top-ranked airport except for C 1 (Safety policy and objectives) and e 13 (Appointment of key safety personnel) (Tables 5 and 6).…”

“…C 4 : Safety promotion (Overall ranking: TPE, KHH, and TSA) An organization should continually promote safety as a core value with practice, safety education, and safety culture (Stolzer et al, 2008). For this reason, the results of performance evaluations reflect an airport's sustainable operations, particularly in safety education for seed-instructor training: TPE and KHH participate in a routine training program for seed instructors held at Singapore's Aviation Academy.…”

Analysis of Fleet Type Impact on the Threats and Errors of an Airline Using Line Operations Safety Audit (Losa)

“…Since less data is received from the FDR's of these aircraft, such as Boeing 727 and Boeing 747, etc., the Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) program cannot be used as an effective tool to investigate threats and errors. Other reasons for using LOSA include the following: capability to assess the degree of transference of training to the line, detecting problems in the human/machine interface showing pilot shortcuts and work around, and, finally, providing a baseline for the allocation of resources (Steckel, 2014;Stolzer, Harford, & Goglia, 2008) LOSA was created in 1991 as a human factor research project in the University of Texas, Austin (ICAO, 2002). In the next decade, its utilization became widespread in many regional and international airlines (Australian Transport Safety Bureau [ATSB], 2007); Earl, Peregonzalez, & Frey, 2007;Murray, 2005;Merritt & Klinect, 2006).…”