SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, A PRACTICAL INITIAL APPROACH

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SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, A PRACTICAL INITIAL
APPROACH

• BJORN BO
• Secretary, the GASR Management Group

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SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, A PRACTICAL INITIAL
APPROACH

• Introduction
• Applicability
• Practicality
• How to
• Benefits

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INTRODUCTION

• Safety Management System, an Annex 14 Standard to
  be implemented by Nov 05
  
• The important level is the individual Aerodrome
• Theory is fine, practical hints are offered

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Background Material

• ICAO Annex 14
• ECAC Doc 17
• ICAO AWO Manual
• ICAO SMCGS Manual
• GASR WP020
• WP by Goran Svensson

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Applicability

• Awareness required at each individual aerodrome
• Basic principles apply to any aerodrome

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Practicality

• Involvement by Management
• Airside Safety Committe
• Identify aerodrome traps
• (Physical, procedural, competency)
• Suggest and implement actions
• Evaluate the effect of actions
• Start from the top again

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Involvement by Management

• Aerodrome safety is a Management responsibility
• Management must take the initiative
• Management must follow up with action
• Management must evaluate effects of action

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Aerodrome Safety Committee

• OPS AGA - ATM
• Aerodrome personnel
• ATC
• Operator(s)

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INITIAL TASK

• Identify risks areas (aerodrome traps)
• Where can What go wrong and Why
• Infrastructure
• Procedures
• Competency of personell

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INFRASTRUCTURE

• Runways (single, parallell, crossing)
• Taxiways
• Vehicle crossing points
• Gates (not forgetting temporary ones)
• Markings
• Lights
• Signs
• etc

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PROCEDURES

• Do they take account of the infrastructure
• Do they take account of competency issues
• Do they encompass all relevant parties
• Are there procedures for reporting and analysing
  incidents
  
• etc

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COMPETENCY

• What level of competency is required
• Have all personell the rquired competency
• Are the procedures understood
• Is there a system for training and testing
• Are all relevant parties included
• etc

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Second Task

• Suggest remedial actions
• Infrastructure, correct or compensate
• Procedures, if revised remember competency
• Competency, recurrent training
• Capacity adjustments????????????

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Third Task

• Management must implement actions

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Fourth Task

• Follow up
• Evaluate the effect of implemented actions
• Start the loop again

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BENEFITS

• Awareness of own situation
• Ownership to solutions
• Enhanced aerodrome safety

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• QUESTIONS
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