Systems for Aviation Service Providers.
■ Safety Management International Collaboration Group (SM ICG) Products: Tis Skybrary site contains 40 documents on SMS.
■ Vertical Aviation Safety Team (VAST) Safety Library: Click on the “SMS” text filter to display 40 downloadable resources, including SMS tool kits, videos, and guides.
Complexity and Scalability Concerns
Section 2.2 of AC 120-92B acknowledges that SMS can indeed be a “complex topic with many aspects to consider.” For those concerned about the challenges of implementing an SMS, the FAA assures us that “an SMS does not have to be an extensive, expensive, or sophisticated array of techniques to do what it is supposed to do. Rather, an SMS is built by structuring your safety management around four compo- nents: safety policy, safety risk management, safety assurance, and safety promotion.” Concerns regarding scaling an organization’s SMS to comply with
the new rule were well documented during the notice of proposed rulemaking process. From the rule: “An SMS must be suitable for the size, scope, and complexity of the organization and include: safety policy, safety risk management, safety assur- ance, and safety promotion.” Te FAA’s response to these concerns is that Part 5 offers provisions for scalability, as does AC120-92B, which states: “Te SMS requirements are the same regardless of the size of your organization. However, Part 5 allows organi- zations of different sizes to meet those requirements in different ways. Te SMS functions do not need to be extensive or complex to
be effective. All businesses, regardless of size, may use existing systems, programs and resources to document and track safety issues to resolution.”
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