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Air Safety Group Flyers
Air Safety Group specializes in helping aircraft operators establish, document and track safety management systems and safety assurance programs. The flyers below explain our service offering.
- IS-BAO Demystified(324 kb)
- IS-BAO SMS Gap Analysis(467 kb)
- IS-BAO Pre-Audit Evaluation(466 kb)
Articles Published by Air Safety Group
A safety management system (SMS) is your management system for the management of safety risks associated with your organization. It includes your systematic procedures, practices, and policies.
A Closer Look at the Aviation Safety Management System
This article series builds on the topics discussed in the previous series; "Understanding the Safety Management System." Here we take a closer look at the components, elements, and processes of an effective safety management system.
- Part 1 – A Review of What We Have Learned(461 kb)
- Part 2 – The Shifting Focus of Safety Management(428 kb)
- Part 3 – Progressing To the Next Level of Safety Management(433 kb)
Understanding the Safety Management System
Is an SMS complicated? It doesn’t need to be. To function properly your SMS needs to be appropriate. The articles series; “Understanding the SMS” take a high-level overview of the SMS concepts.
- Part 1 – What is a Safety Management System(402 kb)
- Part 2 – Why You Need a Safety Management System(398 kb)
- Part 3 – What is the Law – Really(575 kb)
- Part 4 – SMS Across International Boundaries(376 kb)
- Part 5 – An Industry Sponsored Alternative for SMS Compliance(508 kb)
- Part 6 – IS-BAO – It's more than an SMS(444 kb)
- Part 7 – Do You Need an SMS(356 kb)
Air Safety Group Services
Air Safety Group, LLC is an aviation safety consulting company specializing in helping business aviation departments establish, document, and track Safety Management Systems and Safety Assurance Programs.
Air Safety Group provides the following as individual elements or as an entire package:
- Safety Management Systems More
- IS-BAO Implementation More
- Complete Safety Management and Safety Assurance Programs More
- SMS Gap Analysis More
- Custom SMS Tools and Document Templates More
- Process Integration More
- Safety Audits and Safety Evaluations More
- Manuals and Process Documentation More
Safety Management System (SMS)
The Safety Management System (SMS) can easily be understood by summarizing the core of each of the three words:
- Safety – Reducing risk to an acceptable level.
- Management – Allocation of resources.
- System – Set of interrelated procedures.
A Safety Management System is a set of interrelated steps and resources to manage safety. It’s really that simple.
Don't Be Left Behind
Visit our SMS page to learn how to get your SMS online today.
IS-BAO Implementation
Developed by the business aviation industry and introduced by the International Business Aviation Council (IBAC), IS-BAO is a code of best practices for managing safety.
IS-BAO is the only recognized standard for complying with the ICOA adopted amendment to Annex 6 Part II and the new Section III.
The Deadline is Closer Than You Think
Safety Management and Safety Assurance Programs
To ensure that the delivery of services is properly protected against hazards you need a safety program.
Safety management and quality assurance is a daily activity. Air Safety Group has the tools to custom design and manage your complete safety program.
Provide Confidence in Your SMS
Get our complete safety program and you'll have a SMS that works!
SMS Gap Analysis
The Gap Analysis compares your operations existing resources against the Safety Management System (SMS) requirements to determine which components and elements of an SMS are currently in place and which components and elements must be added or modified to meet the implementation requirements.
Maximize the use of your existing resources
Custom SMS Tools and Document Templates
A functional safety management system that allows for the maximum use of your existing policies and procedures requires the right tools.
Don't Reinvent the Wheel
Visit our Custom Tools page to see how we've already done the work!
Process Integration
Effective safety management can be accomplished only by recognizing that it lives in an interdependent world with overlapping processes.
Process integration considers the interaction of all your process requirements to:
- Utilizes resources effectively;
- Identify gaps;
- Minimize duplication; and
- Reduce operational costs.
A New Way of Doing Business
Learn how easy it is to integrate all your process requirements.
Safety Audits and Safety Evaluations
Safety Audits and Safety Evaluations provides managers, with designated responsibility for the Safety Management System (SMS), an inventory of the processes and functions of the SMS.
To Get to Where You're Going You Need to Know Where You Are
Manuals and Process Documentation
Documentation that is clear and concise will allow your operations to continue as planned while allowing for timely revisions, even during periods of transition.
Are You Documenting Your Process Linkages and Results
Contact us today to put our practical experience in your SMS toolbox.