- Order 8900.1, Volume 10, Safety Assurance System Policy and Procedures
- Data Collection Tools
- Safety Management System (SMS)
SMS is the formal, top-down, organization-wide approach to managing safety risk and assuring the effectiveness of safety risk controls. It includes systematic procedures, practices, and policies for the management of safety risk. (Order VS 8000.369).Safety Management Systems (SMSs) for product/service providers (Certificate Holders) and regulators will integrate modern safety risk management and safety assurance concepts into repeatable, proactive systems. SMSs emphasize safety management as a fundamental business process to be considered in the same manner as other aspects of business management.
- Safety Assurance System (SAS)
The Safety Assurance System (SAS) is the FAA's oversight tool to perform certification, surveillance, and Continued Operational Safety (COS). The FAA transitioned to a data-supported, risk-based oversight system to best target risk areas and optimize FAA's oversight resources.The Flight Standards' (FS) Safety Assurance System (SAS), developed by the System Approach for Safety Oversight Program (SASO) Program Office, is the combination of people, processes, and technology that is FS's safety assurance capability. The FS SAS is the new oversight system for 14 CFR parts 121 and 135 air operators and 141, 142, 145, and 147 air agencies. Additional 14 CFR parts will be added to SAS in future phases of SAS implementation.
Last updated: Tuesday, March 08, 2022