When SMS Becomes Personal
Safety Management System is not new to aviation but started in 1903 at the moment of the first flight. Back then SMS was all reactive and safety was not improved until an accident had happened. When SMS is directed from the bow. For the first 100 years or so of aviation history, SMS in aviation was reactive and reactively improved safety processes after the fact. Over time, aviation industry leaders believed the airplane could not reach its full commercial potential without federal action to improve and maintain safety standards. With the implementation of a landmark legislation in 1926 the issuance and enforcement of air traffic rules, licensing pilots, certifying aircraft, establishing airways, and operating and maintaining aids to air navigation became available. Despite this, in 1926 and 1927 there were a total of 24 fatal commercial airline crashes, a further 16 in 1928, and 51 in 1929, which remains the worst year on record at an accident rate of about 1 for every 1,000,000 miles...