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. 

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 grows 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.

For small Part 135 operators, repair stations, airports or other aviation providers that have or want to implement an SMS JDA can:

With a VSO everything is managed through the cloud based SMS Application selected by the client. Employees/staff submit safety events and hazards via the VSO portal and JDA staff will manage and track the safety events for the company using the SMS application.  All SMS components are maintained in the VSO by the JDA staff.  VSO enable small companies to have a fully functional SMS without having to hire a staff to manage and track safety events at a substantial savings for covering payroll and benefits.