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Oct 20

SMS: Coming to an Airport Near You

I recently finished a course through the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) called Airport Certified Employee (ACE) - Safe...

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Mark Myers

Sep 28

Making Your Risk Assessment Tool a STAR

Mention the acronym “GUMPS” to just about any fixed wing pilot and watch their eyes move upward and to the right. Their neurolinguistics ...

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Business Aviation: On the Forefront of Sustainability and Innovation

Briana Lynch

Sep 21

Business Aviation: On the Forefront of Sustainability and Innovation

What exactly is sustainability? When you hear the word sustainability, do you immediately think of climate change, recycling, and a “gree...

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A Look at the Integration of UAS into the National Airspace System

J.D. Smith

Sep 15

A Look at the Integration of UAS into the National Airspace System

The FAA’s website reports there are nearly 1.7 million Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) or “drones” registered in the U.S. and projections i...

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The Critical Nature of Data Sharing to Aviation Safety

Todd Thomas

Sep 8

The Critical Nature of Data Sharing to Aviation Safety

Jennifer Caron, FAA Safety Briefing Copy Editor, stated in her recent article “Show Me the Data!” that “To improve safety we need to unde...

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Fostering Safety Citizenship Behaviors: A Key Challenge for High-Risk Organizations

Jason Starke

Aug 18

Fostering Safety Citizenship Behaviors: A Key Challenge for High-Risk Organizations

There has been a lot of research on organizational citizenship behavior, which can be defined as employee extra-role behaviors performed ...

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Establishing Meaningful SMS Recurrent Training

Jason Starke

Aug 3

Establishing Meaningful SMS Recurrent Training

There is, without a doubt, a lot of training that takes place across all functions in the aviation sector. When we are first hired we are...

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Finding Balance in Your Safety Space: Managing SMS in a Pandemic State

Mark Myers

Jul 21

Finding Balance in Your Safety Space: Managing SMS in a Pandemic State

Leading our companies through the disruption of a pandemic is not an easy task, even for the nimblest organizations. One lesson of the C...

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Change Management: What is it? When should I use it?

Don Baldwin

Jul 13

Change Management: What is it? When should I use it?

We are asked quite often for a detailed explanation of how to manage change and why we must do so in an aviation organization. The simple...

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Novelty Bias: Avoiding the “Shiny Object Syndrome” in SMS

Jason Starke

Jul 6

Novelty Bias: Avoiding the “Shiny Object Syndrome” in SMS

We are all susceptible to it. You know, when something new and shiny comes along we have a tendency to think that the novel solution will...

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Jason Starke

Jun 22

Reflections on the “Why” of SMS

I have read quite a few good books over the last decade, but few have had a profound effect on me like Simon Sinek’s Start with Why. Ther...

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Jason Starke

Jun 15

Safety Citizenship Behaviors

In his 2009 treatise on the last 30 years of safety climate research, Dov Zohar (2010) called for the next phase of research focus into t...

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3 Coordinating Mechanisms Behind Successful Teamwork

J.D. Smith

Jun 8

3 Coordinating Mechanisms Behind Successful Teamwork

In order for any team to work efficiently within a complex environment such as the flight deck or an organization with multiple cross-fun...

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Moving from Pencil to PDF: Finding the flexibility of pencil and paper on an electronic device

Jason Starke

Jun 1

Moving from Pencil to PDF: Finding the flexibility of pencil and paper on an electronic device

Sometimes I like to get nostalgic and think of the days when I was actively flying as a corporate pilot. One of the things I remember is ...

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Turning Crisis into Opportunity: The Emerging Importance of Drones in a Pandemic World

Lynn Moore

May 27

Turning Crisis into Opportunity: The Emerging Importance of Drones in a Pandemic World

During the global financial crisis of 2008, former President Obama’s Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel famously remarked that, “You never let a...

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A Personal Tale of the FAA and SMS Implementation

Todd Thomas

May 18

A Personal Tale of the FAA and SMS Implementation

I have served as a Part 119 director of safety for multiple FAA Part 121 supplemental carriers. I recall asking myself the question, “Do...

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A Safety Leader’s Imperative: Share Selflessly and Steal Shamelessly – Part II

Mark Myers

May 11

A Safety Leader’s Imperative: Share Selflessly and Steal Shamelessly – Part II

In our last blog, we framed the safety management tenet of sharing selflessly and stealing shamelessly. I proposed that this safety mantr...

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A Safety Manager's Mantra: Share Selflessly and Steal Shamelessly - Part I

Mark Myers

May 4

A Safety Manager's Mantra: Share Selflessly and Steal Shamelessly - Part I

I have been fortunate to have started my safety management career working for one of the nation’s commercial airlines. If one can think o...

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Jason Starke

Apr 28

Paradoxical Leadership

In the last leadership post, we talked about what a safety leader might look like through the lens of the transformational leadership mod...

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Jason Starke

Apr 20

Effective Safety Leadership

High-consequence industries are – as the name suggests – one where the stakes could be high if risk manifests or risk controls are breach...

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