Safety Management Systems

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Safety Management Systems

• Mr. William R. Voss
• Director, Air Navigation Bureau

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Worldwide Hull Loss Projection
If current accident rate holds

• Based on Expected Fleet Growth

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Projection
Actuals
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Hull loss projection at current accident rate
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Annual hull losses
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Standard deviation
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Industry goal 50 reduction in accident rate
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Source Boeing
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DEMOGRAPHIC IMPERATIVES

• Aging Workforce
• Shortage of Resources
• Shortage of qualified technical personnel in all
  fields
• about 23 of all the contracting States audited
  did not have sufficient financial resources
  available to the CAA
• Increase in Traffic and Number of Operators

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Accident Costs
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Why bother?

• Indirect Costs
• Loss of business
• Time lost by injured persons
• Legal fees and damage claims
• Increased insurance premiums

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Safety Management System
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SMS Benefits

• Air Transat has a 72 decrease in irregular
  operating costs (over 1m per month saved)
• Improved employee morale at Air Transat
• Benefits in reduced incidents and increased
  awareness of operation
• Applies equally to other sectors of industry

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What is SMS?

• Management approach to human and organizational
  risks management
• Should be applied throughout the entire
  organization, including non-regulated areas
• Proven to reduce costs through the proactive
  management of risks

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The Components of SMS

• Safety Management Plan
• Documentation
• Training
• Safety Oversight Reactive/Proactive
• Quality Assurance
• Emergency Response Preparedness

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Expected Results

• Reduce the accident rate
• Reduce industry operating costs

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TRANSFORMATION TO SMS

• Past/Current
• Prescriptive regulations
• Highly specialized and technically trained staff
• Significant resource requirements
• Industry responds to regulatory
• requirements

• New
• Performance-based regulations
• Focus on areas of greatest risk
• System auditors and analysts
• More efficient use of resources to manage growth
  areas.
• Industry becomes partner in safety

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ICAO SMS Project

• Objectives
• Development and implementation of a framework for
  a uniform and system-wide approach to safety
• Harmonization of provisions and approaches to
  safety management programmes and systems

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ICAO SMS Project

• Two basic concepts
• Safety programme An overarching and integrated
  set of provisions
• Safety management system A means for the
  implementation of a safety programme
• Two levels of responsibility for implementation
• State
• Operator (Airline, ATS provider, aerodrome
  operator)

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ICAO Safety Management Manual

• Planned publication (draft) October 2005
• Outline
• Part 1 Introduction to Safety Management
• Part 2 The Management of Safety
• Part 3 Safety Management Systems
• Part 4 Applied Safety Management Systems

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Safety Management Manual

• Part 1 Introduction to Safety Management
• Overview
• Responsibility for Safety Management
• State Safety Programme

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Safety Management Manual

• Part 2 The Management of Safety
• Understanding Safety
• Basics of Safety Management
• Risk Management
• Hazard and Incident Reporting
• Safety Investigatiions
• Safety Analysis and Studies
• Safety Performance Monitoring
• Emergency Response Planning

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Safety Management Manual

• Part 3 Safety Management Systems
• Establishing a Safety Management System
• Safety Assessments
• Safety Auditing
• Practical Considerations for Operating a Safety
  Management System

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Safety Management Manual

• Part 4 Applied Safety Management Systems
• Aircraft Operations
• Traffic Services Operations
• Aerodrome Operations
• Aircraft Maintenance

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Your Contribution to Safety

• Foster safety culture
• Participate in Regional Oversight
• Enforce regulations
• Report on unsafe situations
• Save lives / money