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Although Safety Management Systems vary for each company, certain components are the same. Risk identification, management and prevention are the core.
Yet those who need an SMS system the most are not using one. Especially smaller air charter operators. Often times management personnel where many hats. Keeping up with the first layer of safety is a handful in its self; regulatory compliance. Additional work seems hardly feasible. Yet most agree that it is very important.
Data Collection
Distributions and Analysis
Evaluations and Recommendations Process
Action and Implementation
Follow up
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In a recent news article: "The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) passed a resolution in 2006 mandating that all of its 189 member states have regulations in place by January 1, 2009, that require airlines, airports, air traffic service providers, maintenance providers, and any other organization or business involved in aviation to adopt a Safety Management System. "
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