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Selecting Items To Include on Your FRAT
At its core, the Flight Risk Assessment Tool (FRAT) is a pre-flight evaluation of potential threats faced in a mission or flight....

Jason Starke, Ph.D.
May 10, 20223 min read
5 Things You Can (Still) Do After a Pandemic
Following up on Earth Day, we felt it worthwhile to refresh a blog post with an update for “Life after Corona.” It’s taken longer than...

Briana Lynch
Apr 27, 20223 min read
Assessing Risk in Chaos
Prior to working here at Baldwin I was a frontline supervisor who worked at the tip of the safety spear in the chaotic and hectic...
Jordy Mallory
Apr 12, 20225 min read
Be Alert: Beyond Fatigue Lies Burnout & Exhaustion
Two years after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, inflation, money issues and the war in Ukraine have...
Mark Myers
Mar 28, 20225 min read
Could Your UAS Operation Benefit From an SMS?
It was probably almost a decade ago I found myself at one of the many aviation industry’s tradeshows, but this one was different. There...

Jason Starke, Ph.D.
Mar 11, 20226 min read
Internal Evaluation Program: Is it Worth the Work?
How is your Internal Evaluation Program (IEP) coming along? For some operators, it can be a real challenge, especially those with...

Todd Thomas
Feb 28, 20224 min read
Servant Leadership and Safety Citizenship Behavior: Are they Related?
The implementation of a safety management system (SMS) is challenging for any organization, but obtaining and maintaining employee...

Jason Starke, Ph.D.
Feb 11, 20223 min read
Connecting Safety & Sustainability
Your Organization’s Impact on Our Planet and Future Generations There are many different motivations behind those who are passionate...

Briana Lynch
Jan 10, 20222 min read
7 Questions to Help You Create Great Safety Objectives
A colleague gifted me a great book: “Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen” by Dan Heath. Heath’s book is based on the...
Mark Myers
Dec 8, 20215 min read
Spotlight on the Standdown
Has your organization encountered an accident, incident, or an event where those involved came too close to experiencing an accident or...

Kate Johnpeer
Nov 18, 20213 min read
Do You Have A Plan?
All organizations need an Emergency Response Plan (ERP). Why? It is all about planning your response before an accident or incident...

Todd Thomas
Nov 1, 20213 min read
Are You Risk Blind?
If you have a Safety Management System in place in your organization, do you feel you have the risks you deal with under control? Are you...

Kate Johnpeer
Oct 18, 20212 min read
Are You a Safety Leader?
Does your name come to mind when you read the words “safety leader”? Safety leadership is a role that any professional in...

Kate Johnpeer
Aug 24, 20213 min read
Measuring for Success: How’s your SPIs and SPTs?
The use of safety performance indicators (SPI), safety performance targets (SPT) and their connection to safety objectives tends to be a...

Jason Starke, Ph.D.
Aug 3, 20215 min read
Humble Inquiry: Are You Asking the Right Questions?
An excellent organization is one that can nimbly execute its strategy while continually learning from itself. Its structure is designed...
Mark Myers
Jun 23, 20214 min read
Safety Citizenship Behavior and Its Affect on Aviation at Every Level
Aviation is a unique business because our thoughts and actions can provide safe passage from one place to another or can result in...

Kate Johnpeer
Jun 14, 20214 min read
Virtual Leadership: 5 Tips to Leading Remotely
2020 and 2021 are years that have revolutionized the workplace. More organizations have individuals working remotely than ever before....

Kate Johnpeer
May 11, 20213 min read
Manuals - A Critical SMS Element
One of the major tenants of your SMS is the Safety Policy. Your employees need to know how to accomplish their assigned tasks in a safe...

Todd Thomas
Apr 19, 20214 min read
Runway Incursions: What to Watch For
To state the obvious, aircraft don’t just fly, they move along the ground making ground operations a large piece of aviation safety....

Kate Johnpeer
Mar 16, 20213 min read
The Safety Family
For those of us who work in safety, we often refer to ourselves as a “family” of safety professionals. There is good reason for that. ...

Todd Thomas
Mar 4, 20213 min read
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