Changes:
There are rapid and significant changes underway in the
aviation sector. The increasing complexity of the aviation system requires the
use of a risk-based approach to identify safety issues and assess residual
safety risks that may exist within a compliant system.
A risk-based approach is an inherent part of a Safety
Management System (SMS). SMS has been adopted by ICAO as standard international
practice. The European Union, through EASA, is in the process of moving from
what has mainly been a reactive system, in which rule-making proposals were on
the basis of past experience, towards a prospective system that attempts to
anticipate and focus on potential safety risks.
The ICAO Global Aviation Safety Plan and the European
Aviation Safety Programme require Ireland to achieve full implementation of a
State Safety Plan (SSP) and SMS across the civil aviation system, to facilitate
the proactive management of safety risks.
Through implementation of the SSP framework, Ireland will
complement fundamental safety oversight functions with risk management and
analytic processes that can proactively identify and mitigate safety issues.
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focus on improved human factors analysis and management within the SMS is essential. Effective mitigation actions require accurate identification of causal factors. By improving the quality and depth of investigation to identify human and organisation causal factors, through SMS processes, appropriate mitigation actions can then be formulated.
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