Baines Simmons appoints four new consultants
Steve Harriss Steve has more than three decades’ experience across a broad range of aviation disciplines. Having initially served as an aircraft engineer and military air accident investigator, Steve went on to work for Baines Simmons as Principal Consultant – Safety Programmes from 2008-2015. More recently, Steve was Head of Safety EAMEA (Europe, Africa, Middle […]
Why active Safety Leadership is key to a performing SMS (and business success)
Regulation states that an operator should implement a system to effectively manage safety risks. In complying with this, however, what is often overlooked, is that for maximum effectiveness, it needs to be implemented as part of an integrated management system, as opposed to a ‘bolt-on’ addition to existing operational arrangements. Getting safety management right not […]
Regulatory Compliance – setting yourself up for success
Just as a building constructed on poor foundations is sure to collapse, a safety management system that is not grounded in strong regulatory foundations is likely to struggle to thrive and provide the organisation and its stakeholders the protection against harm that it seeks. Safety regulation is derived from the hard lessons learnt directly from […]
Baines Simmons celebrates 100 years of the RAF as the service launches commemorative album
10th July 2018, marked a historic day for the Royal Air Force (RAF) as the service’s 100th anniversary celebrations come to a head in central London. To mark this occasion, publisher St James’s House is hosting a book presentation for the commemorative album that it has produced in association with the RAF100 Appeal, entitled 100 […]
Air Partner’s Clockwork Research appoints Dr Cristina Ruscitto as Senior Researcher
Clockwork Research, a leading fatigue risk management consultancy and part of Air Partner’s Consulting & Training division, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Cristina Ruscitto as Senior Researcher. She reports directly to Dr Alexandra Holmes, Research Director at Clockwork Research, and is based at the company’s office in London. Cristina specialises in the […]
read full story >>Baines Simmons delivers Part 21 training to COMAC in Shanghai
Baines Simmons, part of the Consulting & Training division of global aviation services group Air Partner, has recently delivered Part 21 training in Shanghai to the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), as it evaluates the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) regulatory framework. Baines Simmons was contracted to provide a Part 21 course (Airworthiness and […]
European Parliament votes to replace Regulation 216/2008 with updated safety rules
On 12 June, the European Parliament voted to repeal Regulation 216/2008 and replace it with an updated set of safety rules designed to align with the 2015 ‘Aviation Strategy to Enhance the Competitiveness of the EU Aviation Sector’. In addition to embracing a risk-based approach through proportionality in the application of the rules, the new […]
Working towards a common approach to type-certification of military aircraft
The European Defence Agency (EDA) was launched with a non-binding political agreement (the “Cyprus Agreement”) where all the Ministers of Defence of each participating Member State (pMS) committing their Ministries of Defence to work towards a harmonised airworthiness regulatory system to facilitate economies of scale, collaborative procurement (and cross border co-operation). This was after an […]
UK CAA publishes Human Factors strategy and action plan
We’re pleased to see that the CAA has reignited the focus on Human Factors (HF) and its contribution to aviation safety through its recently revised HF strategy. It’s worth noting how the CAA links its HF strategy to supporting Performance Based Oversight (PBO) and risk assessment. As we’ve mentioned previously in our PBO whitepaper, human […]
Safety: differently, I vs II, or leading, caring and supporting?
As a passionate safety professional, and one who cares about helping others to lead successfully, I read, listen and learn about the differing views, and the thinking about safety in aviation and other safety-critical industries. What strikes me is some of the complexity in the thinking, language and delivery that is out there. I hear […]