Safety

Aviation Safety concept

JDA Safety

One of JDA’s core competencies is helping its clients keep safety a top priority. We work with airports, air carriers, civil aviation authorities, manufacturers, repair stations, advanced air mobility, unmanned aircraft system operators and other industry partners to raise safety standards and implement best practices. ​

Safety Management System (SMS) Implementation, Manual and Training

JDA provides a full suite of SMS services per FAA Part 5 or ICAO requirements for every aviation entity including implementation, training, safety reporting software applications and SMS Manual. SMS supports performance-based regulations which describe objectives and allow each organization to develop its own system for achieving objectives. While SMS is an important advance in safety management, it can only be effective through its implementation. SMS allows organizations to ensure that all risks are all covered as a single system. It is a business management approach to controlling risk providing a means to support a strong and just safety culture. SMS is the center of the company’s safety efforts and serves as the means of linking up with other systems. It provides a systematic roadmap for examining safety-related processes. SMS will help ensure compliance with regulations and requirements that minimize the adverse impact of an event. It allows employees to identify potential hazards that may jeopardize their health and safety and it has positive impact on staff by creating trust, increased morale which leads to better performance and efficiency. SMS will help an organization to prevent catastrophic accidents making it safer, attracting more clients which in turn benefits it financially. JDA is a MITRE licensed SMS training and implementation organization.

Safety Assurance System (SAS) Reviews

In 2016 the FAA implemented a new risk based oversight system for Part 121, 135 and 145 certificate holders. The Safety Assurance System or SAS, defines criteria or safety attributes that each certificate holder must address in their manual system. The certificate holder must document and describe responsibility, authority, procedures, interfaces, process measures, controls and safety ownership in their manual system. JDA can provide a thorough SAS review of your programs, procedures and manuals sing the same SAS data collections used by the FAA and provide you a report of findings and recommendations for conforming to the FAA SAS.

Safety Culture Assessment

When you think about corporate culture, what comes to mind? From the ways in which the company treats employees to the interactions between teams and beyond, all the moving parts within a given organization shape corporate culture. Safety culture finds its foundation in the broader context of corporate culture. If a business does not properly and actively care for its employees, or if colleagues do not get along well, the workplace might become a hostile and toxic environment. On the other hand, if the business takes corporate culture seriously and manages this facet in a progressive fashion, with the company showing its employees that their comfort, safety and success are valuable, the workplace will be a far more profitable and enjoyable. It has been shown in the past that choosing profits over safety can be a false and unwise choice. Pursuing profits over advancing key practices that drive profitability – such as worker and customer safety – is a profit-losing strategy. Your employees have discretionary energy which they can give or not give. When respected and valued, employees are proud to give their best. And this increases profits. Bring JDA in to assess your culture and we will help pinpoint what needs to be done to create a strong and positive safety culture.