FOUR PROVIDER OPTIONS
The four HAI SMS providers offer four different options for HAI members, at different prices.
According to the HAI SMS program page:
“Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) offers a simple, yet customizable SMS for very small to large flight departments, FBOs, and MROs. Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) offers SMS software and training solutions exclusively for maintenance and repair organizations. Baldwin Safety & Compliance offers the Baldwin SMS Product Suite with options for small, medium-sized, and large businesses. Wyvern Ltd. offers SMS software, a fast- start assessment, ongoing coaching, and upgrade options for small to large organizations.”
Available at
www.acsf.aero/acsf-sms-toolkit, the Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) SMS Tool is meant to make SMS programs affordable for everybody. “No aircraft operation is too small to implement our comprehensive, secure and mobile- friendly SMS software,” the ACSF SMS web page explains. This affordability is in line with the ACSF’s purpose: “We are a 501c3 non-profit organization that has a simple mission to help the whole aviation industry improve safety,” says Bob Rufli, the ACSF’s director of operations.
The Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) has a different approach to SMS. According to the AEA’s SMS website, the AEA manages its SMS program with each participating company member functioning as a “department” in the main program. The AEA’s SMS web page explains that the AEA acts as each participating member company’s director of safety. with a member
company designated as safety representative, or SMS coordinator, on-site at each of the member company’s locations.
Baldwin Safety and Compliance offers a full range of SMS programs and training for UAS operators as well as helicopter companies at
baldwinaviation.com. “Our company’s flagship product is a proprietary software platform that helps organizations implement and maintain an SMS,” says Jason Starke, Baldwin’s director of safety. “We are a team of safety management experts who engage with clients to help them understand SMS and provide implementation support if needed.”
Wyvern (
wyvernltd.com) is also a full service SMS program and training provider. “Our company has been in the aviation safety risk management business since 1991,” says Andrew Day, Wyvern’s senior vice president of operations. “We have recently partnered with HAI to extend our services in a scaled and meaningful way to the rotorcraft operators.”
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