4 Safety Objective
The overall safety objective is to ensure that all safety issues within the provision of an ATM service have been addressed in a satisfactory manner, and to a satisfactory conclusion.
5 Safety Management Systems (SMS) Requirements
5.1 Safety Management
5.1.1 An ATM Service Provider shall, as an integral part of the management of the ATM service, have in place a SMS which:
a) ensures a formalised, explicit and pro-active approach to systematic safety management in meeting its safety responsibilities within the provision of Air Traffic Management (ATM) services (853);
b) operates in respect of all ATM and supporting services which are under its managerial control (854);
c) includes, at its foundation, a statement of safety policy defining the organisation’s fundamental approach to managing safety (855).
5.1.2 Rationale: An intuitive or ad hoc approach to the management of safety is not, as a fundamental principle of SMS, acceptable.
5.1.3 An acceptable SMS may be defined within several tiers of documentation, for example Safety Management Manuals, Quality Management Manuals, Safety Cases, MATS Pt 2 or others. Similarly the SMS may be spread between Corporate and local level documents.
5.1.4 Where the Service Provider uses external standards to achieve a safety objective, the scope, depth and use of these should be explained.
5.1.5 An acceptable SMS will set out the Service Provider’s safety management policies and strategy and give assurance that, irrespective of the events which may take place on the ATS unit, clear processes are established and implemented to ensure that the necessary safety standards are maintained at all times.
5.2 Safety Responsibility
5.2.1 An ATM Service Provider shall, as an integral part of the management of the ATM service, have in place a SMS which ensures that everyone involved in the safety aspects of ATM service provision has an individual safety responsibility for their own actions (856), and that managers are responsible for the safety performance of their own organisations (857).
5.2.2 Rationale: Safety responsibilities are necessary to ensure that the Service Provider’s organisation is committed, at all levels, to the fulfilment of its stated safety policy. Accountability for safety belongs to all levels of management and the attainment of satisfactory safety performance requires the commitment and participation of all members of the Service Provider’s organisation. The SMS depends upon individuals understanding and accepting their delegated responsibility within the Service Provider’s organisation. Everybody within the organisation should be made aware of the consequences of mistakes and strive to avoid them. Management should foster this basic motivation within members of the organisation so that everybody accepts their responsibility for safety.
5.2.3 The Service Provider should define and document the safety accountabilities of personnel to explain how any safety significant roles are undertaken (858).
5.2.4 The Service Provider should make a safety policy statement which confirms that everyone has an individual responsibility for the safety of their own actions (859) and that managers are accountable for the safety performance of the activities for which they and their staff have responsibility (860). Additionally, the Service Provider should identify who is ultimately accountable for safety and how the associated responsibility is delegated (861).
5.2.5 There should be a description of the Organisational Framework for the Management and Operating Team of the Service Provider (862). This should define the Functions, Responsibilities, Authority and Communication Interfaces and accountabilities of all staff with defined safety responsibilities (863). This should include either individual or generic staff (e.g. Watch staff), Operating, Maintenance and Managerial staff (864). Care should be taken to ensure that there is no overlap or duplication of responsibilities (865).
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