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Corporate Aviation Safety Seminar: Speakers shine spotlight on importance of SMS, FOQA

sMS (safety management systems) and FOQA (flight operations quality assurance) are no longer just buzzwords, said Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) president

By Harry Weisberger • Contributor

May 25, 2010

sMS (safety management systems) and FOQA (flight operations quality assurance) are no longer just buzzwords, said Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) president and CEO Bill Voss in remarks opening last month’s FSF/ NBAA Corporate Aviation Safety Seminar. Noting that the emergence and maturation of these initiatives is becoming increasingly prevalent in corporate aviation, Voss added that language in the Senate version of the FAA reauthorization bill includes the same privacy protection of FOQA data that is accorded flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder information.

Twelve of the 16 presentations over the next two days addressed a mix of management and airmanship issues related to implementing SMS and C-FOQA (Corporate FOQA) programs, along with the operational imperatives for pilot avoidance of destabilized approaches and high-altitude upset recovery. Other topics included an overview of helicopter issues, maintenance error avoidance and fatigue management.

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