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Essential Basics and Limitations of Safety and Risk Management

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Aviation Risk and Safety Management

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Abstract

To improve the currently existing levels of aviation safety, especially when considering the continuing growth of the industry, additional measures are required. One such measure is to encourage individual aircraft operators to introduce their own safety management system. Such a safety management system is as important to business survival as a financial management system and should be regarded as the core value and process of a company. One of the main purposes of an SMS is to improve the safety performance, and therefore reduce exposure to the risk of having an accident or suffering bankruptcy.

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Notes

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    European Union (2008).

  2. 2.

    Stolzer, Halford, and Goglia (2008), p. 26.

  3. 3.

    International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) (2013), pp. 2–25.

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    International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) (2009), pp. 4–3.

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    International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) (2009), pp. 4–4.

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    International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) (2009), pp. 4–4.

  7. 7.

    International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) (2013), p. 5–ii.

  8. 8.

    International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) (2009), p. 5.

  9. 9.

    According to the Safety Management Manual (SMM) of the ICAO.

  10. 10.

    International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) (2009), pp. 5–2–8.

  11. 11.

    Wittmer, Bieger, and Müller (2011).

  12. 12.

    Rittenberg and Martens (2012).

  13. 13.

    The Institute of Risk Management (2011).

  14. 14.

    International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) (2009).

  15. 15.

    International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) (2009).

  16. 16.

    Kalia and Müller (2006).

  17. 17.

    Burkhalter (2011).

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  1. Center for Aviation Competence, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

    Roland Müller

  2. P3 aviation, P3 Group, Lorsch, Germany

    Christopher Drax

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  1. Center for Aviation Competence, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

    Roland Müller

  2. Center for Aviation Competence, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

    Andreas Wittmer

  3. P3 Aviation, P3 Group, Lorsch, Germany

    Christopher Drax

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Müller, R., Drax, C. (2014). Essential Basics and Limitations of Safety and Risk Management. 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_2

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