Safety Management Systems: Challenges and Benefits

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Safety Management SystemsChallenges and Benefits

• Captain Paul Woodburn
• Director Safety, IATA
• Phoenix, 04 June, 2002

Safety
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Safety Management Systems

• Involve
• the systematic management of risks which deliver
  the desired level of safety performance
• the establishment of a corporate culture
• The way people do their jobs

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Safety Management Systems
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Safety Management Systems

• IATA Principal Safety Activities are
• Annual Safety Report
• Regional Safety Initiatives
• STEADES
• IATA Operational Safety Audits (IOSA)

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Safety Management Systems

• IOSA is being developed as part of the
• IATA Safety Strategy 2000
• Applicable Strategy elements
• Co-ordinate and integrate IATA resources with
  industry
• Promote IATA Standards on practices and equipment
  which improve safety
• Reinforce the role of the airline CEO for safety
  accountability

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Safety Management Systems

• The Auditing Problem
• Todays audit frenzy
• Redundant, overlapping audits
• No common standards
• No defined auditor qualifications
• Uneven results
• No sharing recognition of audits
• Inefficient use of resources

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Safety Management Systems

• The IOSA Challenge
• Create one audit program everyone can accept
• Establish international operational standards
• Develop auditor qualifications and standardised
  audit procedures
• Accredit audit organisations

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Safety Management Systems

• IOSA Project Goal
• Formulate and implement IOSA as an
  internationally recognised evaluation system by
  which the level of competence and reliability of
  an airline to deliver a safe operation and manage
  attendant risks may be assessed

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Safety Management Systems

• IOSA Scope
• Accountability of CEO for safety
• Safety management system
• Quality assurance
• Flight operations, flight dispatch
• Cabin safety
• Engineering maintenance
• Ground handling
• Cargo, dangerous goods
• Operational security

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Safety Management Systems

• Perceived Concerns
• IOSA will be an added audit that will be imposed
  upon airlines
• IOSA will infringe upon regulatory oversight by
  the State
• The Safety Bar will be too high
• The Safety Bar will be too low
• The program quality of IOSA will not be maintained

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Safety Management Systems

• Operational Standards
• IOSA Standards Recommended Practices (ISARPs)
  incorporate all ATA Standards, additional
  requirements from other States and airline
  Alliance programs
• The Safety Bar will approximate to acceptable
  levels that exist today
• A well managed airline will be able to meet the
  IOSA Standards

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Safety Management Systems

• Responses
• IOSA will not add to, but will reduce the number
  of audits
• IOSA can be applied to all airlines, but will not
  be imposed
• IOSA is an operational audit standard, and is not
  regulatory
• IOSA will have no affect on State regulatory
  oversight, however...

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Safety Management Systems

• IOSA will complement the ICAO Universal Safety
  Oversight Audit program

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Safety Management Systems
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Safety Management Systems

• IOSA Benefits
• IOSA is a safety initiative
• The project is making good progress despite
  industry circumstances
• The program will provide the benefits mandated by
  IATA and Industry

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