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f anyone ever doubted that smaller helicopter operators want to deploy fully featured, voluntary safety management systems (SMS) in their companies, that doubt was dispelled in 2021. This was when Helicopter Association International (HAI) surveyed its members and found that a significant number of them wanted access to turnkey SMS support programs designed for small helicopter operators.
In response to this desire for comprehensive voluntary safety management, HAI sought bids from 14 SMS software providers to help the association launch an affordable, members-only turnkey solution called the HAI SMS Program.
Although all 14 bids passed muster, three were so well suited to HAI members’ needs that the association chose them as HAI SMS providers. For the record, these SMS providers are Air Charter Safety Foundation, Baldwin Safety and Compliance, and Wyvern Ltd.
“One of the most exciting elements of the HAI SMS Program is how quickly and efficiently it will help to improve safety across operations,” said HAI President and CEO James Viola when HAI SMS was announced in October 2021. “Signing up for the program through one of these providers should save most of our members more money than the cost of their HAI membership.”
Since being launched, the HAI SMS Program has indeed proven popular with HAI members. This being said, “Every helicopter operator has some degree of voluntary SMS program in place already, even if they don’t call it by that name,” said Chris Hill, HAI’s director of safety. “Their SMS programs are at varying stages of maturity supported by varying levels of safety culture within their organization. So, the HAI SMS goal is to connect these operators with qualified providers to help them understand the gaps in their current systems and what they need to do to improve their SMS.”
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