Flight Standards Safety Management System (SMS) Program Office

Specific functions and responsibilities of the SMS office include:

• Focal point for AFS in future SMS-related rulemaking and policy development efforts.
• Oversight and evaluation of SMS collaborative testing projects.
• Standardization of concepts, functional requirements, and terminology across AFS managed and sponsored SMS programs, initiatives, and contracted activities.
• Alignment of internal and external SMS development activities with AVS SMS standards and AVS Management Team and AFS Executive Steering Committee guidance.
• Planning and coordination of SMS activities in AVS and AFS Business Plans.
• Representation of AFS in the AVS SMS Working Group.
• Ensure integration capability of oversight systems, both within AFS and also between AFS and other AVS lines of business.
• Coordination with the ATOS Continual Improvement Section and headquarters policy divisions on SMS-oversight system relationships.
• Development and maintenance of SMS policy and guidance documentation.
• Development of AFS SMS training requirements and mentorship of SMS related FAA Academy training.
• Development of measures of safety performance and effectiveness for both internal and external SMS.
• Development and maintenance of SMS data collection and auditing tools.
• Development and use of standardized outreach, familiarization and orientation materials for SMS.
• Coordination and management of an AFS SMS Standardization and Assistance Team to assist field organizations and service providers in development and implementation of voluntary and mandatory external SMSs.