Where Birds Don't Fly

In some countries drivers are expected to drive on the right side of the road, while other places the expectation is to drive on the left side. At times a country may change this practice and change from driving on one side of the road over to the other side. Several years ago when one country changed from driving on the left side to the right side it was said that for a smooth transition they would first begin with trucks and busses to drive on the right side, and a month later cars would change over to right hand side driving. The safety policy belongs in all branches. Human nature is to ease into changes to slow down the reaction of emotional impact of changes, rather than make a determination to change and move beyond emotions. Stories says that some, when starting a new job, must ease into the job by only working a few hours a day. And most of us do not appreciate the emotions of the sudden change of ice-cold water, and is very hesitant to just jump in without first ease into it f...

For effective SMS management an airport or airline is accountable to safety by communicate the safety policy to all personnel with the result that they are made aware of their safety obligations. A safety policy on the shelf is not practical at all. If no one knows what the safety policy is, nobody can adhere to the policy and the airport, or airline is in violation of its own processes. When the accountable executive signs off on the safety policy that person makes a commitment to safety which Authority is the foundation of a safety policy. is a commitment of zero tolerance to compromise aviation safety. In addition, this safety policy includes a just-culture where it becomes fundamental to safety to discover hazards and incidents at an early stage to make organizational changes for continuous safety improvements. The safety policy does therefore not only affect this one organization, but all organizations in the aviation community. Communicating the safety policy to all personnel is ...