Ways to introduce safety management to the aviation industry
Safety management is one of the criteria to improving and ensuring development of safety in every safety industry. While the aviation industry is very peculiar due to its fragility and sensitivity, safety management is more in high demand and must be acted on with immediate and adequate knowledge at all times.
This article will discuss ways in which safety management can be introduced and managed in the aviation industry.
1. Proactive safety management.
The concept of proactive safety management encompasses a business-like management approach to the safety of flight operations.
This approach was gradually replaced by a new system-based concept. The focus was to contain and mitigate the human error through regulation and training; lessons were being learned from incident investigations and other industries. In spite of substantial investment of resources in human error mitigation, the major reason for safety breakdowns continued to be attributed to unsatisfactory human performance as a recurring factor. A new approach towards managing safety was adopted, proactively utilising and analysing routinely collected safety-related data. The proactive approach in the safety management is based on following a risk management strategy that includes identifying hazards before they materialise into incidents or accidents and taking the necessary actions to reduce the safety risks.
2. Reactive safety management
This focus on compliance with the minimum safety requirements;
The level of safety is based on reported safety occurrences, with its inherent limitations, such as examination of actual failures only; insufficiency of data to determine safety trends; insufficiency of insight regarding the chain of causal and contributory events; the existence and role of latent unsafe conditions. Improving corporate safety performance through proactive managing the safety of provided services is increasingly recognised by all aviation sectors as a prerequisite for sustainable business management and operational growth.
Why aviation safety is very important in the safety industry
The growing recognition of the role and importance of safety management has led to the progressive implementation of safety management systems by aviation service provider organisations (airlines, air navigation service providers, airport operators) in the last few years. This process is managed and monitored by a public or private organization who are dedicated safety programmes and have their aims towards ensuring the safety of clients on air at all cost.
