Rethinking Aviation Safety: A Vision for Future Regulatory Oversight
In the evolving landscape of aviation safety, traditional regulatory frameworks face significant challenges. This vision outlines a new paradigm where performance-based, risk-oriented oversight becomes the norm. It emphasizes the importance of operators proactively managing hazards and integrating human and organizational factors into their safety management practices. By fostering a culture driven by effective feedback and collaboration between regulators and operators, we can achieve a sustainable oversight model that adapts to the complexities of the industry, ultimately enhancing aviation safety.
Rethinking Aviation Safety: A Vision for Future Regulatory Oversight
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Presentation Transcript
Imagine … Terry Kelly SMS Aviation Safety
Outline • The challenge • What’s needed • A glimpse of the future • Some concluding thoughts
The Challenge • Limitations of traditional regulatory programs • Limitations of “applied” System Safety • Measuring safety performance • The plight of the regulator • Constraints of “methodology” • Increased expectations/constrained resources
A world where … • Performance-based, risk-based regulatory oversight of the “system” • Operator demonstrates they are pro-actively managing hazards • Blend of prescribed and performance-based standards customized to the operator’s organization and operation
A world where … • Human & organizational factors are understood and managed as well as we manage technical & operational issues • Decisions regarding operational risk management are fully integrated with financial & corporate risk management … it’s the way business is done
A world where … • The regulator regularly revises and realigns its regulatory plan to deliver sustainable oversight • The regulator provides useful feedback on the operator’s safety performance, and the info is valuable, and valued(!) (“My regulatee LIKES me!!”) • The safety culture is (positively) driven by the regulatory framework
SOMS Described (1) Definition • a comprehensive management system that is being implemented by the Bermuda Department of Civil Aviation to systematically and effectively manage the oversight of the aviation industry
SOMS Described (2) Goal • To optimally manage the oversight of the industry’s reduction of aviation safety-risks to a level as low as reasonably practicable
SOMS Described (3) SOMS employs a proactive, systems approach to manage the regulatory mandate. It involves: • planning and conducting oversight • measuring the results of the associated activities
SOMS Described (4) Some Key Features: • Commensurate with size/complexity • Proactive; risk-based • Performance-based (i.e., measurable) • Integrates management systems
