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In the period immediately following 2010, the aviation industry will have
implemented robust safety management systems (SMS) in which the public and
regulator have confidence. As companies evolve from compliance to safety
risk management thinking, regulators will transform from regulatory compliance
auditors into system evaluators, as the underlying philosophy shifts the
onus for proving or disproving adequate safety performance from the regulator
to the organization. Well-designed and executed risk management systems and
risk-based oversight programs will have laid the groundwork for this to happen,
while achieving safer skies. This is a natural progression for integrated
risk management.
 With the expected global shift to more open markets and fewer regulatory resources, Flight
2010 opens the door for the growing involvement of industry associations
in further delegation, and is an important strategy to address future
challenges. The model is the one now in place for the oversight of business
aviation. The business aircraft sector maintained an enviable safety
record over the years. That is the main reason why this sector was the
first with a new and innovative approach to safety—an approach
that combines effective regulations with enhanced responsibility for
safety systems.
The regulatory approach is a set of performance-based
rules operating under a mandatory SMS, which is the key to success. This
concept reflects a desire to provide the aviation community with additional
flexibility and operating efficiencies, with the potential for operators
to play a more direct role in managing their own safety systems, where
appropriate, and relies on the willingness of the aviation community
to assume responsibility for its safety performance.
It is also expected that new and innovative industries and technologies will
continue to emerge, bringing with them new challenges and implications for
the transportation system.
Flight 2010 lays the groundwork and provides a clear vision of the
path we must follow to meet these challenges.
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