There are many articles and blogs written on how ChatGPT, an AI language model by OpenAI, assists with brainstorming, problem solving,...

In the world of safety management, “power” might not be the first word that comes to mind. However, we're going to explore an intriguing...

Differences Between Audits, Evaluations and Investigations Audits, evaluations and investigations are three distinctively different and...

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Recently, our company marked four million filed reports within our Safety Management System (SMS), it gave me cause to reflect....

The Emergence of our Current SMS If you arrived in a safety management role with a business management background, you likely experienced...

How Helicopters Influence Land Conservation and Restoration Hiking through the forest, you hear the distinct thump of a Bell 205 in the...

It’s an exciting time to be part of the expanding UAS industry. It has been a whirlwind to watch the growth from its earliest days until...

Throughout my career I’ve faced the challenge of Manuals – the content, the expectations, and the grammar. It’s important to ensure the...

Don Baldwin went to the RedTail Flight Academy graduation. Two original Tuskegee Airmen were there and they made quite an impression.

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

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...

Two years after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, inflation, money issues and the war in Ukraine have...

All organizations need an Emergency Response Plan (ERP). Why? It is all about planning your response before an accident or incident...

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...

If we pause, take a look back and see how far we have come in our safety programs, we have made significant steps that have evolved into...

Bob Conyers, Senior Manager, Safety Occasionally people who are contemplating SMS implementation express the concern that “SMS will place...

There are new risks facing the aviation industry, with the threat of cyber attacks on automated systems and the growth of drones in...

In the wake of recent airline crashes, major news networks have aired concerns about pilots' ability to accurately fly "by hand" when the...