Ready, set, implement: A road map for SMS success

Elizabeth Smart

Journal of Airport Management, 2017, vol. 11, issue 1, 27-37

Abstract: Airports across the country are waiting for the federal mandate requiring the implementation of a Safety Management System (SMS). This formal top-down business-like approach to managing safety risk is considered the next significant step in increasing aviation safety. With a system of this magnitude available right now, why not voluntarily implement SMS? After all, the successful implementation of a SMS is not centred on regulatory guidance. Rather, it stands on the Airport Executive’s commitment, the SMS Manager’s position, and the airport’s safety culture. An early adopter’s road map should include goals, objectives, policies, committees, hazard reporting, promotional processes and the definition of programme success.

Keywords: safety management system; accountable executive; confidential hazard reporting; promotion; implementation; safety culture; just culture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M1 M10 R4 R40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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