The global aviation community is in an unprecedented position to achieve a step change in improving safety performance. A convergence of key initiatives is forming a strong foundation to achieve changes that have profound potential to save lives. Some organizations already are embracing a fundamental change in mindset toward a more proactive, collaborative and performance-based approach. If others around the world follow suit, the scale and speed of improvements could permanently transform our ability to further enhance aviation safety.
This paper looks at the strategic building blocks that significantly increase the potential to drive improvements that enhance safety performance. We want to use this paper to start a discussion about how we, as a global safety community, and as individual organizations within it, grasp the opportunity in front of us.
These building blocks include:
- Shared vision;
- Explicit strategies;
- More effective engagement w…
