Post-Covid 19: Enhancing Business Performance Through Effective Safety Management
In an ever increasingly complex aviation environment, the need to be able to manage safety effectively has never been more important. All service providers, from Air Operators to manufacturers and designers, are grappling with what it means to manage aviation safety whilst balancing the commercial needs of their respective businesses. Safety cannot be managed in […]
Part-CAMO and the Management of Safety
Author: John Elkin, Consultant Currently the hot topic in the Continuing Airworthiness community is the requirement to move to Part-CAMO and introduce a management system. Among other tasks this brings the need to have a Safety Policy and an individual or team to develop, administer and maintain an effective safety management process. So, what does […]
Introducing our new Aviation Safety Risk Matrix (ASRM)
Author: Mark Townend, Senior Consultant Risk matrices have become a source of commentary on social media over the last year or so, the pros and cons of which are discussed in Mark’s aforementioned whitepaper. Building on some of the positive and beneficial aspects of risk matrix examples across civil and military aviation our new Aviation […]
Def Stan 00-56: Love it or hate it
Author: Principal Consultant, Duane Kritzinger The UK MAA have recently published revision 7 of RA1205, which regards Safety Cases. The Safety Case owners now need to ensure compliance with RA1205, and this seems to be driving renewed interest in the roles of Def Stan 00-56. The UK MoD first promulgated Def Stan 00-56 back in […]
New Core Competence Framework for Continuing Airworthiness Professionals
April 2019 CAMOs are a critical function in the European aviation safety system. The CAMO function not only plays a key role in managing and safeguarding the airworthiness of an aircraft, but it can also be a huge influencing factor on operational performance, linking the Air Operator to Maintenance Organisations. Optimising maintenance programmes so that […]
Performing maintenance properly – 5 key things to consider
Senior Consultant, Paul White, shares his view on what performing maintenance properly actually means and highlights 5 key areas to consider in order to state that maintenance has been performed properly. Prior to maintenance being certified, the certifying staff needs to satisfy them self that “all the maintenance ordered has been properly carried out by […]
Leading safety and leading safely – is there a difference?
Published: January 2019 Author: Colin Russell , Principal Consultant, Baines Simmons Like many aspects of aviation, and of life in general, things tend to get more complex, busier, more demanding as time goes on. Just look at the volume of e-mails we receive on a daily basis, or the need to change our insurance or […]
Safety management – as you are or a catalyst for change?
We at Baines Simmons strive to help organisations embed effective safety management principles into organisations as part of their business strategy. Our vast global experience allows us to analyse common themes seen during SMS implementation and helps shape our practical, but performance based, approach. We believe that keeping things as simple as possible is a […]
Mind the Gap – Safety Cultures at Risk
Published: 5th November 2018 Author: Mark Townend, Senior Consultant, Baines Simmons Four weeks ago I was privileged to be offered the opportunity to take part in a panel discussion at the CGE Risk “Making Risk Understandable” Networking Event. The discussion topic was one that was particularly close to my heart: “Bridging the gap between management […]
Design Organisation Approval: The integration of Safety Management and Organisation Performance
Published: 22nd October 2018 By: Duane Kritzinger Recent engagements with clients have led to me to consider this challenge facing our industry and I wanted to share my views. When it comes to our Design Organisation Handbook (or Exposition as it is referred to in EMAR 21) I have long had the mantra that the […]