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 […]
Leonardo Helicopters Safety Protects Programme
We are proud to be working with Leonardo Helicopters UK, one of the biggest suppliers of defence equipment to the UK MoD, helping them achieve their safety vision and embedding world-class safety performance. Here’s what Richard Folkes, Head of Aviation Safety at Leonardo Helicopters UK had to say during a presentation at the Defence Safety […]
Root Cause Analysis – or Root Cause Paralysis?
Working across a wide spectrum of the aviation industry, we see trends that perhaps others don’t, and something interesting has happened over the last 12 months. We’ve noticed a significant upsurge in conversations about Root Cause Analysis, including; ‘inadequate root cause’ leading to corrective action proposals being rejected by Regulators specific requests for specialist training […]
Leading Safety, and Leading Safely – Part 6 – Are we getting better at this stuff?
Most of us are so busy fire-fighting the daily challenges that flood our inboxes that we often fail to take the time to have a look and see how we are doing, to improve. Whilst measuring and benchmarking performance using metrics and indicators allows comparison and competition (as long as it is used constructively) and […]
read full story >>Leading Safety, and Leading Safely – Part 5 – Doing the do!
Good ol’ Betty Boo! She got the essence of Safety leadership, it is about doing what you say you are going to do. We talk about execution, bringing to life the direction you have set and actually taking action (as you said you were going to do in your strategy and plan!). It also encompasses […]
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