On October 14, 2004, a Pinnacle Airlines CRJ-200 was on a repositioning flight, between Little Rock National Airport and Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Both engines flamed out after a pilot-induced aerodynamic stall, crashing in a residential area south of Jefferson City, Missouri. The National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) investigation revealed the pilots intentionally deviated from routine flight operating procedures. The NTSB identified the air carrier as the responsible party to enforce crew cockpit discipline and standard operating procedures. The NTSB offered a Safety Management System (SMS) as a means to help air carriers meet this safety standard. The NTSB formally recommended the FAA ‘‘require all 14 CFR part 121 operators establish SMS programs’’ (O'Donnell, 2010).
Initially the NTSB had not formally recommended the FAA require the same SMS mandate for certificated airports. However, the FAA had determined the same organizational factors apply to all regulated sectors of the aviation industry. Airports operate in similar environments as air carriers and business flight operators where adhering to standard operating procedures, proactively identifying, mitigating hazards and risks, and effective communications crucial to operational safety. The FAA envisioned an SMS would provide an airport with an added layer of safety to help reduce the number of near-misses, incidents, and accidents. An SMS also would ensure that all levels of airport management understand the safety implications of airfield operations (O'Donnell, 2010).
An SMS is a formalized approach to manage organizational safety by developing a policy based on formal methods of identifying hazards, analyzing and mitigating risk, devel...
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After World War II there was an excess of aircraft and trained pilots in the United States, which significantly increase in private and commercial flights. An increase in the use of private aircraft and large passenger planes meant an increase in the possibly of aircraft safety incidents. Even though safety measures had been put in place to tend to large number of aircraft in the skies, in late 1950’s there were two unfortunate accidents that finally led to legislation that would be a major change to the world of aviation that affects us even today. The introduction of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 spurred several changes in aviation that eventually led to the creation of the Federal Aviation Administration.
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There is a lot of complexity in understanding risk management and its correlation to homeland security. Risk management is a way to approach the fact that securing the homeland is not certain and there are unknown variables in every aspect of life; risk management is a way to narrow down the focus based on quantifiable information determining probability against capability. Risk management plays and integral role in homeland security. Risk management is employed using a formula described in the NIPP for establishing a narrow scope to make the best decision about protecting infrastructure. The risk management formula lays down the foundation to make the most reasonable determination based on the potential consequences, vulnerability, and
...ial approaches which are Normal Accident and HROs, although it seems certain that both of them tends to limit the progression that can contribute toward achieving to highly protective systems. This is because the scope of the problems is too narrow and the potential of the solutions is too limited as well. Hence, Laporte and Consolini et.al., (1991) as cited in Marais, et.al., (2004) conclude that the most interesting feature of the high reliability organization is to prioritize both performance and security by the managerial oversight. In addition, the goal agreement must be an official announcement. In essence, it is recommended that there is a continuing need in the high risk organizations for more awareness of developing security system and high reliability environment in order to gain highly successful method to lower risk in an advance technology system.
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Through the years, as aircraft have become more complex, and numerous threats to aviation safety have been identified, a culture of unwavering professionalism and safety consciousness have become engrained into the ethical framework of aviation organizations. Since the initial establishment aviation operational and safety standards, multiple civilian and military aviation organizations have continuously contributed efforts towards looking for new and innovative ways to raise the bar on efficiency of flight operations and aviation safety through CRM. CRM is a vital tool to improving safety in aviation organizations and i...
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