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Ready, set, implement: A road map for SMS success
Journal of Airport Management,
11
(1),
27-37
(2017)
Abstract
Airports across the country are waiting for the federal mandate requiring the implementation of a Safety Management System (SMS). This formal top-down business-like approach to managing safety risk is considered the next significant step in increasing aviation safety. With a system of this magnitude available right now, why not voluntarily implement SMS? After all, the successful implementation of a SMS is not centred on regulatory guidance. Rather, it stands on the Airport Executive’s commitment, the SMS Manager’s position, and the airport’s safety culture. An early adopter’s road map should include goals, objectives, policies, committees, hazard reporting, promotional processes and the definition of programme success.
Keywords: safety management system; accountable executive; confidential hazard reporting; promotion; implementation; safety culture; just culture
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Author's Biography
Elizabeth Smart is Lambert-St Louis International Airport’s first Safety Management System Coordinator, developing the Airport’s safety management system from the ground up since 2012. Elizabeth is an accomplished airport professional with more than 12 years of experience, including operations and properties at airports of various sizes and complexities. A graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Elizabeth holds a BS in Aviation Business Administration. She is an American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) Accredited Airport Executive (AAE) and an Airport Certified Employee (ACE) in operations. In addition to her airport duties, Elizabeth is active in many aviation and community organisations and currently serves on the board of the Greater St Louis Business Aviation Association. She was also honoured as one of Aviation’s Top 40 Under 40 by Airport Business Magazine in 2014.
