Safety management systems (SMS) can be misunderstood, and the more civil aviation authorities can harmonize SMS requirements, the better for global aviation safety and industry organizations — in particular, for those that have multiple regulators. This principle led to the establishment of the Safety Management International Collaboration Group (SM ICG).
SM ICG was formed by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, the European Aviation Safety Agency, Transport Canada Civil Aviation and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in 2009, when the aviation industry became concerned about the potential problems of meeting multiple sets of SMS requirements in order to operate in different countries. The industry asked regulators to harmonize the requirements.
The SM ICG now includes the initiating members and 15 additional aviation regulatory bodies that collaborate to promote a common understanding of safety management principles and requirements, facilitating their app…
