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Mark Myers
Nov 10, 20203 min read
To Evaluate, or Audit, That is the Question - When it Comes to Your IEPs
Congratulations on making your SMS more proactive by implementing an Internal Evaluation Program (IEP)! By now, you have probably visited...
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Briana Lynch
Nov 3, 20202 min read
Social Sustainability: Your Organization's Impact On Its Employees and Community
Many organizations promote areas such as health, diversity, and fair labor practices but fail to remember a vital area - social...
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Todd Thomas
Oct 20, 20202 min read
SMS: Coming to an Airport Near You
I recently finished a course through the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) called Airport Certified Employee (ACE) -...
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Mark Myers
Sep 28, 20204 min read
Making Your Risk Assessment Tool a STAR
Mention the acronym “GUMPS” to just about any fixed wing pilot and watch their eyes move upward and to the right. Their neurolinguistics...
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Briana Lynch
Sep 21, 20203 min read
Business Aviation: On the Forefront of Sustainability and Innovation
What exactly is sustainability? When you hear the word sustainability, do you immediately think of climate change, recycling, and a...
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J.D. Smith
Sep 16, 20203 min read
A Look at the Integration of UAS into the National Airspace System
The FAA’s website reports there are nearly 1.7 million Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) or “drones” registered in the U.S. and projections...
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Todd Thomas
Sep 8, 20204 min read
The Critical Nature of Data Sharing to Aviation Safety
Jennifer Caron, FAA Safety Briefing Copy Editor, stated in her recent article “Show Me the Data!” that “To improve safety we need to...
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Aug 18, 20202 min read
Fostering Safety Citizenship Behaviors: A Key Challenge for High-Risk Organizations
There has been a lot of research on organizational citizenship behavior, which can be defined as employee extra-role behaviors performed...
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Aug 4, 20203 min read
Establishing Meaningful SMS Recurrent Training
There is, without a doubt, a lot of training that takes place across all functions in the aviation sector. When we are first hired we are...
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Mark Myers
Jul 21, 20204 min read
Finding Balance in Your Safety Space: Managing SMS in a Pandemic State
Leading our companies through the disruption of a pandemic is not an easy task, even for the nimblest organizations. One lesson of the...
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Don Baldwin
Jul 13, 20202 min read
Change Management: What is it? When should I use it?
We are asked quite often for a detailed explanation of how to manage change and why we must do so in an aviation organization. The...
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Jul 7, 20203 min read
Novelty Bias: Avoiding the “Shiny Object Syndrome” in SMS
We are all susceptible to it. You know, when something new and shiny comes along we have a tendency to think that the novel solution will...
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Jun 22, 20203 min read
Reflections on the “Why” of SMS
I have read quite a few good books over the last decade, but few have had a profound effect on me like Simon Sinek’s Start with Why....
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Jun 15, 20203 min read
Safety Citizenship Behaviors
In his 2009 treatise on the last 30 years of safety climate research, Dov Zohar (2010) called for the next phase of research focus into...
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J.D. Smith
Jun 9, 20202 min read
3 Coordinating Mechanisms Behind Successful Teamwork
In order for any team to work efficiently within a complex environment such as the flight deck or an organization with multiple...
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Jun 1, 20203 min read
Moving from Pencil to PDF: Finding the flexibility of pencil and paper on an electronic device
Sometimes I like to get nostalgic and think of the days when I was actively flying as a corporate pilot. One of the things I remember is...
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Lynn Moore
May 27, 20202 min read
Turning Crisis into Opportunity: The Emerging Importance of Drones in a Pandemic World
During the global financial crisis of 2008, former President Obama’s Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel famously remarked that, “You never let a...
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Todd Thomas
May 18, 20204 min read
A Personal Tale of the FAA and SMS Implementation
I have served as a Part 119 director of safety for multiple FAA Part 121 supplemental carriers. I recall asking myself the question,...
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Mark Myers
May 11, 20203 min read
A Safety Leader’s Imperative: Share Selflessly and Steal Shamelessly – Part II
In our last blog, we framed the safety management tenet of sharing selflessly and stealing shamelessly. I proposed that this safety...
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Mark Myers
May 4, 20202 min read
A Safety Manager's Mantra: Share Selflessly and Steal Shamelessly - Part I
I have been fortunate to have started my safety management career working for one of the nation’s commercial airlines. If one can think...
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