Safety in and Around Airports Essay

The SMS would develop "formal methods" for: a) "identifying hazards"; b) "analyzing and mitigating risk"; c) developing methods for ensuring continuous safety improvement"; and d) for putting together "organization-wide safety promotion strategies" (Federal Register).

The reason for (and the need for) this new SMS is because the demand for air travel is growing, and there are more aircraft providing transportation in more places for more people and that growth "…can heighten the risks of aircraft operations" (Federal Register).

Some of the concerns for operational safety are spelled out in the proposal from the FAA. The four key components / concerns that the FAA references include: Safety Policy (the SMS will spell out methods and tools "for achieving desired safety outcomes"); Safety Risk Management (the SMS will carefully and proactively identify "hazards, analyze and assess potential risks" and design strategies to mitigate those risks); Safety Assurance (this is an SMS function that monitors an airport's performance; is it meeting safety standards?); and Safety Promotion (this is a kind of marketing plan, putting out materials and establishing processes so everyone connected to the airport relates to the vital need for safety and teamwork in achieving safety) (Federal Register).In conclusion, every passenger that climbs aboard a commercial airliner, every commercial pilot and every pilot flying a private plane -- and every neighbor near to every airport -- expects there to be safe management policies in place at every airport. The taxpaying public expects airports to be managed with safety in mind, too, and when everyone related to aircraft and flying takes their jobs seriously, safety should become the norm.

Works Cited

Stoller, Gary. (2011). Crime lurks outside airports, rail stations. USA Today. Retrieved July 17,

2012, from http://travel.usatoday.com.

The Federal Register (2010). Safety Management System for Certified Airports. A Proposed

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