1. Management systems _________________ more than only SMS Eric Sivel Rulemaking Directorate 15 January 2008

2. European Aviation Safety Agency Slide 2 An Organisation?

3. European Aviation Safety Agency Slide 3 Who owns it? The board Shareholders Members Government Owner

4. European Aviation Safety Agency Slide 4 What do they want? Main objective Profit, growth Cheap flights for members Keeping a monopoly Survive

5. European Aviation Safety Agency Slide 5 Who runs it? Top Manager CEO President Head of Administration Owner’s wife

6. European Aviation Safety Agency Slide 6 How they achieve them? Management system Marketing; TQMS; optimised accounting… Low cost services,… Control of all processes,… Argue together

7. European Aviation Safety Agency Slide 7 And the SMS in all this? Safety Management It can be useful if it doesn’t cost too much of course… An unnecessary regulatory burden… A very good tool that only we understand… What do you want me to do?

8. European Aviation Safety Agency Slide 8 Conclusion All companies have a management system But all are different That is why SMS is hard to regulate

9. European Aviation Safety Agency Slide 9 Conclusion SMS is not a prescriptive regulatory tool added to and sometimes incompatible with the existing management systems.

10. European Aviation Safety Agency Slide 10 Conclusion SMS is a management tool to be used in a flexible manner to help any management system focus on enhancing safety

11. European Aviation Safety Agency Slide 11 Conclusion Don’t forget the farmer

12. QUESTIONS ? eric.sivel@easa.europa.eu