1 UNIT : Introduction To Aviation Safety

Complete this sentence: Safety is the state in which the risk of harm to persons or property damage is reduced to, and maintained at or below, an acceptable level through a continous process of

• Security implementation and safety management

• Hazard identification and risk management

• Crisis identification and risk management

• Hazard identification and safety management

What are the metrics that may be used to measure safety within the commercial aviation industry?

• The number of accidents per sectors flown or passengers carried

• The number of accident per tonnes of cargo flown

• The number of accidents per leisure sectors flown

• the number of accident per business sectors flown

What was the date of the first commercial aviation flight (i.e. first flight with a fare-paying passenger)?

• 17 December 1903

• 17 September 1908

• 1 January 1914

• 7 October 1919

Research to identify the factors at play within an environment that integrates machines, processes and human capabilities is called:

• Human issues

• Human concerns

• Human subject

• Human factors

Select True or False: Aviation Safety has traditionally been a reactive rather than a proactive process

• True

• False

A systematic approach to managing safety with the establishment of the necessary organizational structures, levels of authority, policies and procedures and clear accountabilities for operational safety is called an:

• Security Management System (SeMS)

• Safety Management System (SMS)

• Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

• Standards and Recomended Practices (SARPs)

To gain and retain an Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) airlines must demonstrate to regulatory bodies:

• Some levels of safety

• Safety standards are understood and applied

• An acceptable level of safety

• Some safety values

select True or False: Safe practices and pro-actively dealing with unsafe behaviors will improve safety performance and create a positive safety culture:

• True

• False

What does raising safety issues in confidence through reporting, and with the promotion and support of safety leadership, allow an organization to do?

• Just satisfies audit requirements

• Undertake disciplinary action to identify those making mistakes

• Identify areas that require more management supervision

• Learn from errors and share important safety information across teams and the organization

How does the 'Butterfly Effect' relate to aviation safety ?

• Individuals should leave it up to colleagues in a respective work area to manage safety concerns

• Management are solely responsible for safety leadership in the workplace

• Individuals should report any identifiable risk or hazards as seemingly insignificant factors can magnify over time with small causes having disproportionately larger effects

• Those involved in the turnaround process affect the safety of the whole airline operation