Safety Management Systems in Business & Corporate Aviation

by Can Bayrak#1479227

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Safety Management Systemsin

Business & Corporate Aviation

IntroductionBackgroundSMS ConceptRegulators and AssociationsBenefitsCorporate Aviation versus AirlinesExemplary CorporationRecommendationsReferences

Overview

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Business and Corporate Aviation;• On-Demand • Private Aircraft• Flexibility in Destination and Schedule• Security and Safety Advantage• Airport Congestion Advantage• Comfort and Privacy• Company Prestige• Business Efficiency

o Employee Transportationo Aircraft Meetings

Introduction

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Business travel has the best safety records in aviation. Corporate aviation is the safest among business related flight options. Dedicated professional pilots and mechanics, good management,

equipment quality, setting and sticking to standards, and departmental culture of conservatism.

Safety attitude should be established at the highest level and projected downward through the ranks.

A strong and sound safety culture should be the main goal.

Background

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A formulized and documented approach to risk management.

A ‘proactive’ management of safety risks. Main goal is to reduce the risk as low as reasonably

achievable. Four pillars should always be included regardless

of how complex the organizational structure is.o Written policies, procedures and guidelineso Data collection and analysiso Risk managemento Establishing a safe culture

SMS should be treated like any other business matter and managers should balance every element well. There would not be an effective SMS without enough resource to support it.

SMS Concept

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PolicySafety Risk Manageme

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Safety Assurance

Safety Promotion(Culture)

International Business Aviation Council (IBAC)Provider of International Standards for Business Aircraft Operators (IS-BAO). “Developed by the business aviation community for the benefit of business aviation community” (Rohr, 2004).

Canadian Business Aviation Association (CBAA)Mandates its member companies to develop an SMS in organizational structure.

National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Encourages its member companies to develop an SMS

by providing IS-BAO.

Regulators and Associations

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Organization Sizeo Fleet Sizeo Number of Employees

Operational Flexibilityo Smaller Airportso Shorter Runwayso Operation Frequencyo On-Demand

Equipment Technologyo Avionicso Parachute Systemso Reporting Systemso NextGen

The Federal Aviation Administration and NetJets agreement on equipping NextGen in G550s and G600s (Swickard, 2009)

Security Airport Congestion Financial Background

Benefits

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Four Pillars are still in use.Differences include:

o Fleet Sizeo Fleet Typeo Operational Strategyo Organizational Structureo Expenses

SMS should mature in the organization to become beneficial. It would take longer time to mature in business operators

due to the lower frequency of operations (Esler, 2009).

Corporate Aviation versus Airlines

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PolicySafety Risk Manageme

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Safety Assurance

Safety Promotion(Culture)

Business aviation evolves faster than scheduled aviation.o Technologically

~ Aircraft Safety~ Fuel and Range Efficiency

o Frequent Fleet Type Change~ Cheaper Aircraft~ Operation Variety

• Change Management PlanFlows from the SMS and is used to proactively identify and

manage the safety risks that can accompany significant change (Rohr, 2004).

Corporate Aviation versus Airlines

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Harley Davidson Motor Cycles Company 2 Hawker 800 XP in Milwaukee Mitchell Airport 6 Pilots, 2 Mechanics, and a Corporate Aircraft Travel Coordinator SMS developed in 2004 IS-BAO registered ISO 9001 : 2000 Certificated Change Management Process implemented Monthly Risk Awareness Sessions, Quarterly Management Review

Meetings, Periodic Executive Reporting (Monthly and Annually) Requiring Performance Effectiveness Planning reports from every

employee annually Monetarily Rewards based on the employee’s participation

(Jeanmarie, 2008)

Exemplary Corporation

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Frequent changes in fleet size and type would increase the quality and efficiency in equipment (aircraft, avionics, data monitoring systems) and experience.

Due to the frequency of operations, data collection would be less than scheduled airlines; therefore, dense communication and data exchange between operators is a must.

The advantage of smaller organization should be used to build up a strong safety culture.

Frequent changes in business matters lead to frequent updates that would result to newer and more efficient SMS.

Recommendations

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A more diverse community is addressed; therefore, measures, assessments, and controls should be diverse as well.

Flexibility in destinations might result in difficulties in operations (extreme weather, regulations, costs etc.); therefore, the operator should develop an SMS relevant to the operational strategy.

Business operators provide aircrafts in short notice, which might result in pilot fatigue, lack of crew preparedness , flight dispatching, or maintenance.

Safety is the main goal but profit and SMS resourcing should be balanced well. SMS would fail without enough resources.

Recommendations

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Canadian Business Aviation Association. (2010). About CBAA. Retrieved April/13, 2010, from http://www.cbaa-acaa.ca/about-cbaa

Esler, D. (2009, April 1). Safety management systems for business aviation. Business & Commercial Aviation, 38.

Federal Aviation Administration. (06/22/06). Introduction to safety management systems for air operators (Advisory Circular No. 120-92). Author.

IBAC. (2008). IBAC. Retrieved April/13, 2010, from http://www.ibac.org/introductiontoibac.php

Jeanmarie, M. (2008). Corporate flight operations SMS implementation overview. Presented at the meeting of Corporate Aviation Safety Seminar, Palm Harbor, FL.

National Business Aviation Association (NBAA). (2008). Safety statistics. Retrieved April/13, 2010, from http://www.nbaa.org/ops/safety/stats/

NBAA. (2010). About NBAA. Retrieved April/13, 2010, from http://www.nbaa.org/about/ National Transportation Safety Board. (2010). Aviation accident statistics. Retrieved April/13,

2010, from http://ntsb.gov/aviation/Stats.htm Rohr, R. (2004, September). Safety management systems for business aviation. BART

International, 92, 17-18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23. Rohr, R. (2004). Safety management systems for corporate aviation, Presented at the meeting

of Corporate Aviation Safety Seminar, Tuscon, AZ. Swickard, J. E. (2009, January 1). NetJets, FAA Sign NextGen Agreeement. Business &

Commercial Aviation, 11.

References

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