“Unlocking the Potential of a Safety Management System”

Chief executive officers have comprehensive guidance available to weave a strong safety net from their disparate safety programs. An SMS offers airlines a more realistic picture of operational risks and an objective method to allocate constrained resources, while eventually enabling regulators to focus on system-level oversight.

Since the transport minister of Canada announced in June 2005 that the country’s airlines would be required to implement a safety management system (SMS) and to name an accountable executive ultimately responsible for safety, the conceptual shift s involved in an SMS have gained attention from many airlines around the world.

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