Sky High Airlines comprehensive aviation safety program policy

Sky High Airlines Safety Program

SKY HIGH AIRLINES -- SAFETY PROGRAM

STATEMENT of POLICY

Sky high Airlines is dedicated to providing an extraordinary experience for its passengers, employees, and vendors. We realize that our very success is tied to the safety and contentment of our employees and we wish to protect that relationship and provide a working environment free of all hazards. To show our commitment to this, we are providing and maintaining an active aviation safety program and have hired an executive level safety director to help update and incorporate this document into individual department's strategic and tactical goals. This is a very important document for our company, and we expect that every employee will participate in the program and take an active and responsible role in the identification, reduction, and elimination of any potential hazard. This document constitutes the Sky High Airlines Safety Program.

Signed____, President, Sky High Airlines

2. ORGANIZATION

In view of the importance of safety to all Sky high stakeholders, we have institute a position of Director of Safety within our Executive Management Team. The Vice Presidents for Flight Operations and Aircraft Maintenance will appoint an additional duty aviation safety management, and other required personnel, to report directly to the Director of Safety. The will also appoint additional duty aviation safety specialists at each operation location under their control.

3. AUTHORITY and RESPONSIBILITY

All levels of managers and supervisors are responsible for accident prevention and the implementation of this safety program.

The Director of Safety has the authority to:

A. Develop the necessary forms, documents, and instructions for implementing the Sky High Aviation Safety Program.

B. Override the authority of any executive officer when a safety issue may negatively impact the regular operation of Sky High.

C. Directly interface with all levels of management on safety issues and in ensuring that this document is a) part of the performance basis of every employee, b) part of the strategic and tactical plans for every department, and c) act as point person with other agencies and vendors that have a vested interest in any safety issue with the company.

D. Manage and report any safety related issue to the appropriate department.

E. Manage investigations on all incidents and liaise with outside groups as necessary, report findings and recommendations.

F. Represent the company regarding safety issues when dealing with any outside groups, vendors, government agencies, etc.

G. Have direct signing authority over X$ in accordance with company-wide budget.

The Director of Safety is, additional, responsible for:

A. Continual review, maintenance, and improvement of the Safety Program and all relevant documents.

B. Making relevant information and implementation tactics available to all departments regarding safety matters.

C. Managing and maintaining a stringent reporting system for any safety related accident, incident, or potential hazard.

D. Manage regular department safety audits company wife.

E. Develop, maintain and improve safety award programs, new employee training programs, and safety analysis programs.

F. Proactively manage all aspects of potential safety violations, program improvements, and industry related standards and technological improvements regarding safety issue.

4. INTEGRATION WITH COMPANY HANDBOOK and POLICY

Because safety is a fluid paradigm within any operation, it is impossible for only one department or one group to adequately manage the infrastructure and implementation and synergism with other departments. Essentially, then, each employee will have a portion of their job performance measured by their participation in a global and ongoing safety program. Safety is an activity that is not optional, but must be continuous and implemented at every level.

The best opportunity to encourage safety in our organization is to establish and communicate a safety culture for Sky High. This is defined as:

All levels of management lead by example and visibly demonstrate SH's commitment to safety

Employees at every SH location, at every level, will take personal responsibility for their own safety and the safety of coworkers, colleagues, and passengers

Any safety incident that requires investigation will be followed up and presented with full disclosure so that the events that led to the issue can be prevented in the future.

All employees will actively participate in helping to improve existing safety guidelines.

5. REPORTING of ACCIDNETS, INCIDENTS and HAZARDS (Stolzer, et.al., 2008).

A. Accidents- Any and all accidents, damage to equipment or personnel, or injury to stakeholders must be reported first to the Office of Safety and then to any other relevant agency or stakeholder organization.

B. Incidents- the Department of Safety will maintain a regular incident report log and follow up on all incidents based on internal reporting guidelines.

C. Hazards- Any employee or stakeholder should, with no potential penalty or prejudice, report to the Department of Safety or the anonymous safety reporting line (180055SAFETY) any potential or perceived hazard or behavior that is unsafe that could affect aviation or organizational safety. The Department of Safety is thus required to investigate and report all incidents within these categories.

6. DISTRIBUTION of AVIATION SAFETY INFORMATION

The office of the Director of Safety will remain responsible for obtaining and distributing not only the core Safety Manual and Plan for SH, but to ensure that regular updates are presented at the appropriate time. Every new employee at every level must attend a Safety Briefing under the auspices of the Department of Safety. In addition, updates and crucial information will be distributed through email or employee bulletin to all affected employees. Employees are responsible for integrating new notices into their provided Safety Binder.

9. AVIATION SAFETY TRAINING

The Department of Safety and the Director of Safety will develop a robust training program to train all current and new company personnel on the company aviation safety program. Working with the various departments, the Director of Safety may wish to incorporate that training into already standardized training methodologies or apply a standalone methodology. Within six-months of the date of the adoption of this program, every current employee must have a Safety Program Course Certificate; and then ongoing training as necessary. Additionally, in every annual performance evaluation there will be a safety component that will be rated by the individual manager. In order to have a signed and valid annual evaluation, the certification process for safety must be completed.

Additionally, during the course of any given timeframe, there may be individuals, vendors, or other personnel who are working with SH for various timeframes. If any of these individuals are to work with or at a SH location for more than one week, they too, are required to take an abbreviated version of the corporate-wide safety program.

10. AVIATION SAFETY AWARDS (Dekker, 2007).

SH takes the issue of safety extremely seriously. Therefore, the company wishes to acknowledge and reward individuals who contribute significantly to the improvement and/or implementation of the prevention of safety issues, or the handling of a safety related situation. The contribution itself may be a single act that prevents damage to corporate property or injury to a colleague or passenger. In essence there will be a series of awards given for those who help to exhibit quality in safety or to enhance the SH safety program.

Field awards are also given a cash bonus of $100/incident and 1 paid day off. Those awards have no time frame, and have no cap for awarding during the year. Once a year, however, there will be a company wide selection of a single individual, group, or department that exemplifies the core safety values for the company. This annual award will result in a plaque, and an award luncheon hosted by the executive committee. That person will receive a cash or prize in value of $1,000 and a paid-day off. The Department of Safety will manage this exercise, which will occur 1 month prior to the end of the company's fiscal year.

11. AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION (Stamford, 2003)

The Director of Safety and said department will develop and maintain a pre-accident planning document that will be separate from this master document. It will be more tactical in tone, and will be coordinated with the heads of all functional departments.

In the event of an internal accident, depending on the seriousness of said incident, appropriate reports will be generated based on previous information.

However, in the event of an aircraft accident, the Director of Safety will immediately interface with the Federal Aviation Association and the national Transportation Board. The Director of Safety will be the formal liaison between the company and the government. The Director of Safety is required officially to provide transparent access to any and all documentation that any Federal or State agency might request, all appropriate cooperation, and to proactively assist those agencies in their investigations.

In addition, in the event of such a serious aircraft accident, there will be a full and very robust internal investigation and, regardless of the findings of the FAA or NTSB, appropriate action may be needed on an internal basis. Each new investigation will be managed by the Department of Safety, but, in the interests of providing a fair and unbiased report to stakeholders, a manager above level 7 will be randomly picked to chair the investigation committee, and ample time will be given to that individual so that he/she can focus on the investigation for the appropriate amount of time. This investigation will establish the chronological facts of the matter and will provide recommendations that, if implemented, might prevent the accident from recurring. This company investigator is authorized to request and utilize any and all appropriate company information as needed. Personnel may be interviewed, and, if necessary, the use of outside investigatory agencies may be necessary. Once the investigation is complete, a professionally written document will be produced by the Accident Review Committee and the Director of Safety and presented to the Executive Committee and, upon recommendations, the Board of Directors. The Report will include a summation of the facts of the case, the investigation team's analysis, conclusions and recommendations regarding the incident. Dissenting members of the report may prepare their own rebuttal, to be included as an Appendix within the official report. Should any legal issues arise; the Director of Safety will act as liaison between those organizations and the employee, department, or company.

12. AVIATION SAFETY ANALYSIS

The Director of Safety has the core responsibility to maintain an appropriate analysis of any safety related issue within the company's allocation. This ongoing analysis will be maintained on the company mainframe, and the cross-tabulation and/or analysis will be made available to each manager monthly.

13. REVIEW and REVISION

The Director of Safety has the responsibility to maintain all safety documents. Once per year, the Director of Safety will enlist the aid of at least 5 other individuals from randomly selected department to serve on a committee that: a) reviews all safety related issues within the company, b) reviews all recommendations made by the safety committee; 3) makes regular updates on any safety related programs from the past year. This includes any safety unit and/or incident that required outside personnel to be involved. By signing below, I certify that this Aviation Safety Program Management program is an integral part of our company mission. In addition, if errors in facts are found, please deliver a copy with your notes to the Special Collections Office/:Liaison who will ensure that the relevant information is corrected as appropriate.

REFERENCES and WORKS CONSULTED

Dekker, S. (2007). Just Culture: Balancing Safety and Accountability. Ashgate.

Hamilton, J. Scott. (2005). Practical Aviation Law. Aviation Supplies.

Stamford, S. (2003). Aircraft Safety: Accident Investigations, Analyses & Applications.

McGraw Hill.

Stolzer, a., et.al. (2008). Safety Management Systems in Aviation. Ashgate.

Wensveen, J. (2007). Air Transportation: A Management Perspective. Ashgate.

Report to Dept. Of Safety

INCIDENT-

Any Department

Executive Committee and/or Managers

Outside legal or regulatory agencies

ACTION PERSONNEL

Relevant Company Departments