Operators need to change systems to improve safety
Implementing safety management systems (SMS) and developing operator decision-making skills are imperative to improving the accident record for helicopters
Implementing safety management systems (SMS) and developing operator decision-making skills are imperative to improving the accident record for helicopters. That was the message more than 100 helicopter pilots, crewmembers and industry managers heard at the third annual Helicopter Safety Forum, co-sponsored by FlightSafety International and Rotor & Wing magazine, held this year in Dallas-Fort Worth.
The event highlighted the ways in which helicopter operators can reduce the occurrence of accidents by implementing an SMS. The purpose of such a system is to minimize an organization’s risk exposure in all operations by identifying potential hazards and defining specific ways to avoid them.
