EATMP Safety Management Function

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EATMP Safety Management Function

• How Safety Management Function will improve the
  Safety Regulatory process

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Summary - Safety Roles - Role of EATMP
Safety Management - Support documentation -
Recommendations

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SAFETY ROLES

• Safety Management ..
• used by organisations providing safety
  related services or products
• Safety Regulation
• applied by States for establishing, overseeing
  and enforcing minimum safety levels in the
  public interest.

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EATMP PROGRAMMES
APPROVAL PROCESSES
National ATS providers
Inputs/co-ordination
EATMP programmes (GNSS, RVSM, ACAS..)
SRC agreed Safety Argument for Concept guidance
for national safety argument
Request for approval in national context of
operations with submission of national safety
policy and argument (Implementation of concept)
Submission of safety policy and arguments, with
related operational assumptions
Final approval
Co-ordinated views on acceptability of safety
policy and arguments (Concepts)
National Regulator
SRC Co-ordination
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EATMP Safety Management Function
EATMP SAFETY MANAGEMENT
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Role of EATMP Safety Management (1)
LEVEL 1

• Harmonise the approaches between all
  Programmes/Projects
• - WHAT have to be done?
• - HOW have to be done?
• - WHICH processes have to be in place?
• - Interface with the regulatory processes

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Role of EATMP Safety Management (2)
LEVEL 1

• Cross fertilisation between Programmes/Projects
• - WHAT went right / wrong with a
  Programme/Project?
• - WHAT has to be improved?
• Interaction/Interface between the on-going
  Programmes/Projects

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Role of EATMP Safety Management (3)
LEVEL 2

• Responsibilities and accountabilities
• - WHO is responsible for WHAT tasks?
• - WHO signs safety deliverable documents?
• - HOW visibility/transparency is ensured?
• - Ensure internal validation of deliverables
  before going to SRU/SRC

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Role of EATMP Safety Management (4)
LEVEL 1

• Ensure compliance with the SMS approach from
  ESARR 3
• Data collection
• - one central point for data collection
• - ensure confidentiality of data
• - ensure visibility to data

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Safety Assessment of EATMP Programmes - SQS
deliverable
1. Programme Manager 2. Safety
Manger 3. Safety Specialist
EXPRESS THE NEED FOR A SAFETY MANAGEMENT
FUNCTION
LEVEL 2
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HOWEVER ...

• Safety approaches are not entirely harmonised
• Some processes are in place, but not all
• Data is collected, but not by a central point
• Visibility/transparency is not ensured all times
• Internal verification of safety deliverables
  could be more comprehensive
• Interaction between Programmes/Projects is not
  systematic
• ...

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RECOMMENDATIONS

• Early involvement of regulator
• Effectiveness of the processes
• Time constraints
• Visibility to data and to processes carried out
• Strong link between Central SMS function and
  Programme SMS
• Consistency and standardisation

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EATMP Safety Management Function
QUESTIONS ?

• How Safety Management Function will improve the
  Safety Regulatory process