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Fundamentals and Structure of Safety Management Systems in Aviation

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To understand the fundamentals and the structure of a Safety Management System the developments and the basics have to be explained. This chapter provides an overview of:

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  1. 1.

    International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) (2009).

  2. 2.

    International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) (2009), p. 2–3.

  3. 3.

    International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) (2009), pp. 2–2, 2–5.

  4. 4.

    Reason (2004), p. 18.

  5. 5.

    International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) (2009), p. 2.4.1.

  6. 6.

    Reason (2004), p. 10.

  7. 7.

    International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) (2009), pp. 2.5–2.6.

  8. 8.

    Reason (2004), p. 10.

  9. 9.

    International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) (2009), p. 2–6.

  10. 10.

    International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) (2010), p. 3–3.

  11. 11.

    Further guidance material can be found at http://www.icao.int/safety/ism/ICAO%20Annexes/Forms/AllItems.aspx.

  12. 12.

    International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) (2013).

  13. 13.

    Müller and Schmid (2009).

  14. 14.

    International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) (1944).

  15. 15.

    Müller and Schmid (2009), pp. 26–27.

  16. 16.

    The federal council has made use of this reference for example in art. 138 & 103a LFV, art. 3bis VIL.

  17. 17.

    Müller and Schmid (2009), p. 27.

  18. 18.

    European Aviation Safety Agency (n.d.).

  19. 19.

    Bundesamt für Zivilluftfahrt (BAZL) (2007, p. 6.

  20. 20.

    European Union (2002).

  21. 21.

    See art. 184 paragraph 2 Cst. respectively art. 7a RVOG in connection with art. 3a LFG.

  22. 22.

    Article 22 paragraph 4 LVA.

  23. 23.

    EASA, NPA AR/OR.

  24. 24.

    European Union (2008), p. 6.

  25. 25.

    European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) (2007), p. 1.

  26. 26.

    For detailed information and content of the NPA see NPA-2008-22a Appendix II N.26 ff., and NPA-2008-22c especially OR.GEN.200 and AMC’s to OR.GEN.200.

  27. 27.

    See AMC to OR.GEN.200 in NPA-2008-22c.

  28. 28.

    Bundesamt für Zivilluftfahrt (BAZL) (2007), p. 19.

  29. 29.

    Department of Transportation Canada (DOT) (2002), p. 6.

  30. 30.

    FAA (AFS-800) (2006), p. 9.

  31. 31.

    Stolzer, Halford, and Goglia (2008), p. 25.

  32. 32.

    Department of Transportation (DOT) Canada (2004), p. 10.

  33. 33.

    Stolzer et al. (2008), p. 26.

  34. 34.

    Stolzer et al. (2008), p. 26.

  35. 35.

    The Commission of the European Communities (EC) No 2096/2005 (2005), p. 335/16.

  36. 36.

    Stolzer et al. (2008), p. 27.

  37. 37.

    International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) (2007), p. A6.

  38. 38.

    Stolzer et al. (2008), p. 28.

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Müller, R., Drax, C. (2014). Fundamentals and Structure of Safety Management Systems in Aviation. In: Müller, R., Wittmer, A., Drax, C. (eds) Aviation Risk and Safety Management. Management for Professionals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02780-7_5

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