Baines Simmons appoints Jim Creber as Senior Consultant
Baines Simmons, part of the Consulting & Training division of global aviation services group Air Partner, is pleased to announce the appointment of Jim Creber as Senior Consultant. Jim reports directly to Mike Wallace, Head of Training & Consulting Operations, and is based at Baines Simmons’ headquarters at Fairoaks airport. Jim has over 25 years […]
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 […]
New Zealand CAA awarded safety leadership award
Auckland Airport recently selected the New Zealand CAA as the inaugural winner of their Safety Leadership Award due to the leadership shown during the implementation of Safety Management Systems under Part 100 of the [New Zealand] Civil Aviation Rules. The CAA has proactively engaged with industry on the Safety Management System requirements, offered many training […]
Baines Simmons delivers presentation and two workshops on topic of EMARs at recent International Military Airworthiness Conference
The theme of the conference was ‘Harmonising Military Airworthiness and Developing Continuing Airworthiness Policy’ and Baines Simmons Director Bob Simmons was asked to present on the British Armed Forces Continuing Airworthiness Certification Systems, which are based on the European Military Airworthiness Requirements (EMARs). In his presentation, Bob argued that a civil-based system offers a number […]
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 […]
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 […]