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Roles of Safety Management System (SMS) in Aircraft Development

  • Lee, Won Kwan;Kim, Seung Jo
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.451-462
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    • 2015
  • Safety is the first priority in civil aviation, and so the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has introduced and mandated the use of Safety Management Systems (SMS) by airlines, airports, air traffic services, aircraft maintenance organizations, and training organizations. The aircraft manufacturing industry is the last for which ICAO has mandated the implementation of SMS. Since SMS is a somewhat newer approach for most manufacturers in the aviation industry, they hardly believe in the value of implementing SMS. The management of safety risk characteristics that occur during early aircraft development stages and the systematic linkage that the safety risk has to do with an aircraft in service could have a significant influence on the safe operation and life cycle of the aircraft. This paper conducts a case analysis of the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 accident/incident to identify the root causes and safety risk levels, and also verified why aircraft manufacturing industry should begin to adopt SMS in order to prevent aircraft accident.

A Study on the Observer Training and Implementation for Effective Normal Operation Safety Survey (NOSS)

  • Choi, Jin-Kook;Choi, Se-Jong
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.111-116
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    • 2021
  • Normal Operation Safety Survey (NOSS) is a safety management tool used by air traffic control organizations to measure data related to threats and errors to proactively prevent accidents before they occur. NOSS was developed to be applied to the air traffic control field according to the concept of Line Operation Safety Audit (LOSA) conducted by airlines to reduce human errors in the cockpits. Safety management based on data is crucial for the prevention of control-related accidents, and the competency of observers for this is important for the successful implementation of NOSS. Based on LOSA implementation experiences and expert interviews, this paper introduces the international NOSS methods and discusses the key factors required for effective observation and the implementation methods and implications of NOSS observer training.

The Impact of Aviation Safety over the Consumer's Behavior (항공안전이 항공이용자 행동에 미치는 영향)

  • 이강석
    • Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.7-19
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    • 2001
  • The research purpose for The Impact of Aviation Safety over the Consumer's Behavior in Korea lies at the judgement that airline consumers' selection criteria has much changed after several serious aviation accidents as before when we used to overlook "aviation safety" variable through surveying to Korean aviation consumers and foreigners visit or travel Korea on various purposes. Therefore, for this research, practical analysis methods are employed after surveying to actual passengers who use Kimpo International Airport's international and domestic terminals. This study will be regarded significant in terms that empirical analysis was used to prove "Aviation Safety", a variable which had not been regarded as a airline choice factor within Korea air transport market so far, and has an effect on the aviation consumers' airline preference change and choice after recent frequent aviation accidents. Presenting this dissertation, I wish. it can be another opportunity for Korean two national flag airlines to reappraise and reinforce the significance of "aviation safety" and set forth immediate vigorous efforts to support the government's aviation safety improvement countermeasures. I hope the study to contribute and provide a variable idea and direction to improve aviation safety management of two Korean flag carriers.

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Application of RAG(Resilience Assessment Grid) of the Aviation Safety Organization in Response to the COVID-19 Situation (코로나-19 상황에 대응하는 항공안전조직의 RAG(Resilience Assessment Grid) 적용)

  • Kim, Dae Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.38-46
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    • 2021
  • The Organization's ability to respond to social disasters has begun to be treated as important through social shock situations that have never been experienced, such as COVID-19. Among them, the ability to respond to unexpected risks and resilience is emerging. Since social disasters such as infectious diseases are periodically repeated, compounded, and enlarged, they develop into a global crisis situation, so this crisis response capability is treated as national competitiveness. Therefore, this study aims to improve the organization's response capability in terms of risk response and resilience under rapid social disasters such as COVID-19. The aviation safety field was taken as an example. From the Safety-II perspective, safety management focuses on the ability to resilience in response to system vulnerabilities in various situations. In this study, I intend to apply RAG(Resilience Assessment Grid) of Respond, Monitor, Learn and Anticipate, the four major potential of resilience engineering. Based on Hollnagel's research, potential elements were classified into four, and items were organized through an expert panel using Delphi techniques. The final configured RAG items are 15 Respond, 15 Monitor, 15 Learn and 11 Anticipate. The RAG was evaluated by 42 experts in the field of aviation safety.

Development Plan of Licence Holders Health Management System (항공종사자 건강관리 제도의 발전방안)

  • Han, Bok Soon;Kwon, Young Hwan;Kim, Soo Geun;Choi, Eun Hi;Jang, Joung Soon;Shin, Yun Young;Ha, Yoon
    • Korean journal of aerospace and environmental medicine
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.67-71
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    • 2019
  • The health of licence holders (flight crew members and air traffic controllers) is recognized as an important element of aviation safety. The medical emergency symptoms that occur during the flight duty period without prior notice can interfere with human performance capabilities and threaten aviation safety. To prevent this, ICAO has been required to conduct a periodic medical assessment process of licence holders including routine analysis of in-flight incapacitation events and medical findings during medical to identify areas of increased medical risk and continuous reevaluation of the medical assessment process to concentrate on identified areas of increased medical risk. The supply and demand of licence holders have become a major issue due to the increase in air traffic around the world, and the pilot retirement age has been extended to 65 years. But, there is no significant change in the aviation medical assessments process. The follow up of the result of medical examination discovered through aviation medical examination is a very important part, but it has not been properly implemented, and the sick leaves and medical inflight incapacitation reporting system should be improved. The management of health risk factors for licence holders must be implemented to prevent aircraft accidents or aviation safety problems caused by health problems. In this paper, we propose the development plan and concrete improvement plan of the health risk management system of licence holders in Korea in terms of aviation safety.

Comparative of Safety Culture Perceptions of European and Korean Airline Flight Crews (유럽과 국내 항공사 운항승무원의 안전문화 인식도 비교)

  • Kim Hyeon-deok
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.346-350
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    • 2023
  • The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) introduced a safety management system in the aviation sector for aviation safety and mandated the implementation of safety management systems and national safety programs. The activation of the airline's safety management system is not just a requirement for organizational members to create and comply with necessary regulations, but a safety culture to promote and improve flight safety must be established within the organization. Therefore, the safety culture of airlines acts as a major key variable in the safety management system that directly affects safety performance. This study compared the data from the European pilot safety culture awareness, which was the basic data of the survey, with statistics on the safety culture awareness of domestic flight attendants to analyze the differences in safety culture between the two groups.

A Study on the Accident Model from the System Safety Perspective - Focused on Aircraft Accident - (시스템안전 관점에서의 사고 모형 고찰 - 항공기 사고를 중심으로 -)

  • Kim, Dae Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.63-70
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    • 2020
  • Many organizations apply reactive safety management to prevent the same or similar types of accidents by through investigation and analysis of the accident cases. Although research on investigation techniques has contributed a lot to the objective results of safety accidents and the preparation of countermeasures, many accident investigation techniques currently in use treat accidents from a linear perspective, revealing limitations in reflecting current systems dominated by complexity and uncertainty. In order to overcome these limitations, this study will review recent studies and concepts from a system safety perspective and predict future research trends through a case analysis of aviation accident. The models used in the analysis are STAMP, HFACS, and FRAM, and the characteristics of each technique are presented so that analysts who perform related tasks in the field can refer to them.

A Study on the Guidelines for the Development of Domestic Flight Test Operation Manual (국내 비행시험 운영 매뉴얼 개발 기준 연구)

  • Kim, Mu-Geun;Baek, Seung-Don;Song, Chan-Yong;Ahn, Dae-Whee;Han, Jeongho;Yoo, Beong-Seon;Kang, Ja-Young
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.281-288
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    • 2019
  • A Flight test is an important process that must be performed to maintain airworthiness in the aircraft lifecycle, including aircraft development and certification. Flight test can be conducted for the purpose of demonstrating or verifying compliance with the applicable standard. Results of the flight test air accident analysis confirm that it is caused by a combination of various factors as well as aircraft. The International Civil Aviation Organization recommends the establishment and implementation of a safety management system to prevent aircraft accidents, but it does not reflect the specificity of the flight test. As such, advanced countries are providing separate criteria to assist stakeholder in conducting flight test safety management. This study investigates and analyzes relevant regulations of advanced countries, in accordance with the construction of a national flight performance test site in Korea, and proposes government-level guidelines to help stakeholders develop their flight test operation manuals. The guidelines discuss topics such as organizational composition, safety and risk management, flight operation, personnel management, and administrative issues.

A Study on Improvement Plans for Flight and Cabin Crew Fatigue Management System after COVID-19 Pandemic (코로나19 팬데믹 이후 승무원 피로관리시스템 개선방안 연구)

  • Je-Hyung Jeon;Hwayoung Sung;Sua Chon;Geun-Hwa Jeong
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.31 no.1
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    • pp.43-56
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    • 2023
  • The aviation industry has continued to grow despite the influence of external environmental factors such as SARS and MERS. However, this growth has led to a sharp decrease in air traffic and a crisis of flight suspension due to the collapse of the global value chain and the decline of the world economy as the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the decrease in the number of international flights, aviation workers such as pilots and cabin crew were exposed to high psychological stress and fatigue, such as large-scale layoffs, job instability, decrease in income, and increased risk of infection during. Recently, the international community has eased immigration restrictions through quarantine activities, and airlines are taking a step further to recover existing air demand. However, during the crisis period, a significant number of professional workers have been turned off or fired, and the physical and mental fatigue of those who can perform their duties is increasing. Therefore, this paper intends to examine the direction of policy improvement and the identification of problems in aviation safety and fatigue management after the pandemic.