Safety Management Systems in Aviation

This report discusses the critical aspects of safety management systems in the aviation industry, emphasizing the need for effective safety policies. It focuses on Gladiator Airline, outlining the risks associated with aviation and the importance of implementing safety measures to protect passengers and crew. The report details various safety strategies and the organizational structures necessary for maintaining safety standards in aviation operations.

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Abstract
The following paper is about the various aspects of the safety policies in the aviation industry. In
this paper, an overview of the aviation industry has been given with the working and operational
areas in this industry. This has been followed by the need to adopt the safety policies in the
aviation industrial organizations. The kinds of risks and hazards that are associated with it have
been discussed as well. The aviation industry organization Gladiator Airline has been focused in
this context to describe the important safety policies to be adopted by the concerned
organization.
Keywords
Aviation agency, safety policies, six point safety strategy, Gladiator Airline.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Overview of the aviation industry...................................................................................................3
Important safety measures...............................................................................................................4
Safety policies for Global Airline....................................................................................................5
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6
References........................................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
The following assignment is about the various aspects and the importance of
implementing the safety policies for the aviation organizations. The aviation organizations deal
with providing their services for carrying goods as well as human beings from one country to
another. Therefore, it is much necessary to provide safety to the passengers or the goods they are
caeeying through air. All the organizations working within the aviation industry must introduce
some safety policies for the cabin and crew, passengers, pilots and the air hostesses. This is of
utmost importance because millions of lives across the world are related to this.
Overview of the aviation industry
Before exploring about the safety policies for the aviation industry organizations, one
must be aware about the aviation industry itself (Kinnison and Siddiqui 2012). This industry
deals with carrying passengers by air through their airplanes and the other aircrafts like
helicopters and private jets and others. This industry deals with the operations, management and
development of the aircrafts. It has been a common perception that the aviation industry is only
about the pilots and air hostesses. However, this perception is not at all true. There are many
other job options within this industry (Van der Linden 2015).
There are in-flight trainers, aircraft maintenance engineers, baggage handlers, reservation
agents, clerks, air traffic controllers and many more people. They are equally precious
professionals along with the running staffs like pilots and airhostesses. So, it is of utmost
importance for the aviation organizations to maintain some safety means for their employees
(Rodrigues and Cusick 2012). The aviation industry has promising growth in the future so the
youth are interested towards this lucrative career. As more people are getting recruited in this

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profession, the responsibilities for securing them retaining them and maintain safety measures
for their customers i.e. the passengers is increasing rapidly. The incident of the air crashes and
likewise accidents have been a very common phenomenon in the recent times. This has resulted
in the loss of lives for many people (Rodrigues and Cusick 2012).
Important safety measures
In this paper, the subject of discussion has to be around the aviation industry organization
Gladiator Airline that has been operating for some years. They have to create a safety policy for
their customers as well as their cabin and crew (Čokorilo, De Luca and Dell’Acqua 2014). They
have to be aware about the various aspects about the aviation industry safety measures across the
world. They have to ensure the health safety of their employees and the customers as well. The
six point safety strategy is a very important strategy that the aviation industry organizations must
follow in order to build proper policies for their organizations. Some of the factors that have to
be considered at the time of assessment of safety measures are safety performance monitoring
analyze and disseminate the information and promoting the facilitation of safety (Oster, Strong
and Zorn 2013).
The safety management system in the aviation industry is about an approach to manage
the safety. This includes the necessary organizational structures, accountabilities, policies and the
procedures (Halford 2016). The kinds of service providers who use to provide the safety tools for
the aviation industry are aircraft operators, air traffic service providers, certified aerodromes,
approved maintenance organizations, the organizations which are responsible for designing the
types and manufacturing the aircrafts. The things that can be put under maintain the safety for
the passengers and employees are identifying the safety hazards, aiming to make a continuous

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improvement in the safety policies, making sure that the remedial action is taken so that the
acceptable level of safety can be maintained (Halford 2016).
This industry has been maintaining these safety management systems (SMS) for a long
time. The industry looks to concentrate on some important factors in the safety measures. He
Global Aviation Data Management (GADM) has revealed that there are several points of
concern in this industry and they are risks at runway, controlled flight into terrain and loss of
control in the flight.
Safety policies for Global Airline
The chosen organization for this paper Gladiator Airline can adopt some safety policies
by which they can avoid certain risks of accident as the number of accidents have to be reduced
at any cost.
 They have to maintain a safety culture that can be flexible, based on learning, encourages
the fact that reporting is just.
 The hazards have to be identified properly and remedial actions must be taken within
certain time. This will help to control the hazards (Chen and Chen 2012).
 The safety performance can be improved by establishing and achieving the goals, targets
and measurements and the safety performance has to be monitored by the control room.
 The management has to be held accountable to establish to maintain the safe workplaces
in the organizations and the different policies, procedures, instructions and adequate
resources have to be provided by the management for better safety (Chen and Chen
2012).
 All the aviation regulatory requirements have to be met or exceeded for betterment.

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 The safety-related risks associated with the airline operations have to be managed
systematically (Chen and Chen 2012).
 All the WHS legislative frameworks related to the health and safety management have to
be met or exceeded by the organization.
 The safety achievements have to be recognized by the organization as part of the good
business practice.
 These safety policies should be applied to all the team members, contractors and visitors
associated with the industry (Roelen and Klompstra 2012).
 The adequate resources have to be provisioned for maintain these safety policies.
 The early intervention and returning to work must be encouraged by implementing proper
equitable claims management. These returning to work cases include the injuries and
illnesses.
 The organization has to achieve the industry leading performance and continuous
improvement in the safety practices (Roelen and Klompstra 2012).
 The crew members should be fit and responsible for their own duty.
 It should be made sure they have completed their training and current employees.
 They should stop, think and identify the hazards.
 They should wear the personal protective equipments (PPE).
 They must report all safety hazards and risks.
 They should challenge unsafe behaviors in the other people.
Conclusion
To conclude this paper, it can be said that many significant aspects in the aviation
industry safety policy have been discussed here. The safety management system and the related

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risks and hazards, safety maintenance strategies have been outlined also. The safety policy for
the chosen organization Gladiator Airline has been developed so that they can go through and
maintain this policy. These policies are very important to be maintained as this will ensure the
responsibilities for the crew members and the integrity of the airline industry.

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