Safety
Data Analysis Key to Effective Flight Department SMS
A Business Aviation Safety Summit session focused on analyzing SMS data internally and externally to avoid safety incidents and accidents.

Data analytics and their use in safety management systems (SMS) was the focus of the final session of the virtual Flight Safety Foundation/NBAA Business Aviation Safety Summit Thursday afternoon. Moderated by Fred Calvert, director of safety assurance for Executive Jet Management, the session featured panelists Chad Brewer of the FAA, Steve Bruneau of Polaris Aero, and Capt. Jared Taylor of Johnson & Johnson Aviation. They discussed ways in which data analysis is useful in improving SMS by helping to make it proactive instead of reactive.