Module N° 2 – Basic safety management concepts

SSP – A structured approach Module 2 Basic safety management concepts Module 3 ICAO SARPs related to safety management Module 4 ICAO SSP framework Module 5 State ALoS Module 6 Prescription / Performance based environment Module 8 SSP familiarization plan Module 1 Introduction to the SSP familiarization course Module 7 SSP training programme

Objective At the end of this module, participants will be familiar with the basic safety management concepts and its dilemma.

Contents Concept of safety The management dilemma Operational performance in real world Managing Safety Questions

Concept of safety (Doc 9859) Safety is the state in which the possibility of harm to persons or property damage is reduced to, and maintained at or below, an acceptable level through a continuing process of hazard identification and risk management 5

In this airport safety is first Truth or falsehood? In this airport safety is first In this airline, safety is first ATC Unit safety is first 6

Truth 7

Provision of services require a constant balance between: The constant balance Provision of services require a constant balance between: Production goals (maintaining regular aerodrome operations during a runway construction project) Safety goals (maintaining existing margins of safety in aerodrome operations during runway construction project) This brings about a potential dilemma for management 8

The management dilemma Management levels Protection Production Resources

The management dilemma Management levels Protection Production Catastrophe Resources +

The management dilemma Protection Production Management levels Bankruptcy + Resources

…upon business management practices Safety issues are a by-product of activities related to production/services delivery Managing safety – A constant analysis of an organization's resources and goals leading to balanced and realistic allocation of resources between protection and production goals support of the needs of the organization

Operational performance in the real world System design Baseline performance Practical drift Operational performance Operational deployment Regulations Training Technology Defences 13

Managing safety – “Navigating the drift” Baseline performance Operational performance Practical drift Organization Navigational aids Reactive Proactive Predictive 14

The predictive method captures Navigational aids Reactive method The reactive method responds to the events that already happened, such as incidents and accidents Proactive method The proactive method looks actively for the identification of safety risks through the analysis of the organization’s activities Predictive method The predictive method captures system performance as it happens in real-time normal operations to identify potential future problems 15

Managing safety: collapsing the drift Baseline performance Operational performance Practical drift SSP/SMS System design Operational deployment 16

Strategies – Levels of intervention and tools HAZARDS Predictive Highly efficient Very efficient Efficient Insufficient High Proactive Middle Reactive Low FDA Direct observation system ASR Surveys Audits MOR Accident and incident reports Safety management levels 17

Basic safety management concepts Questions?

Module N° 2 – SSP basic safety concepts