1. Safety Management Simon Roberts SMS Programme Manager UK CAA

2. So what is happening? • SMS assessments taking place • Should help and guide your implementation • Focus on key components being present • Part Ops rule implementation delayed from 8 April 2012

3. We want you to… • Identify and understand what your biggest safety risks are (current, future and third party risks) • Manage your biggest risks • Take the right actions to achieve the right results and improve your own safety performance SMS provides you with the vehicle to do this!

4. Keep It Simple • SMS does not have to be complicated • Its more than a manual • It should help you make the right decisions with the right information • Make it work for you • It should add safety value • How can we help you achieve this?

5. Our Oversight • We have developed SMS evaluation tools • We are training our people • Developing a CAA wide approach to SMS oversight • Our oversight will be joined up • We are on our own journey

6. Best Practice and towards excellence Point B an effective SMS The SMS Journey Infinity Operating and Effective SMS Maturity Present and Suitable Phase 1 Phase 2 A

7. Challenges for you • The CAA’s significant 7 apply to you • Collaborate with others • Make your SMS appropriate to your operation • Invest in training your people • Be accountable for your SMS

8. Safety Management Training • Principles, Policies and Procedures • Safety Reporting • Hazards, errors, near misses, poor SOPs etc • The Organisation’s desired Safety Culture • Just Culture policies • Risk assessment activities

9. Ideas for SMS Training • Best done in-house • Choose the right person • A good facilitator, passionate about safety • Make it into a workshop; • Use it for hazard hunting • Agreeing on biggest risks • Risk mitigation strategies • Collaborate with others

10. Training your Safety Manager • A wise investment • you get what you pay for • ask around for good courses • They can help train the rest of your people • Consider risk assessment training

11. Ideas for SPIs • Reporting levels • Improving the Ratio between MORs and other ASRs • Maintenance events on your aircraft • MEL usage

12. Complex or non-complex • >20 persons = Complex • Operate complex motor powered aircraft = probably complex • Operate non complex motor powered aircraft = probably non-complex • It’s the risk of your operations that will impact on your complexity

13. Summary • Invest wisely in your SMS and you will get a return • Try and do it on the cheap and you probably won’t! • We want risk management to be at the centre of your future activities (and ours). • Keep it as simple as you can! • SMS is collaborative and should be integrated

14. Any Questions?safetymanagement@caa.co.uk