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Aviation safety management, written for operators
Guides to SMS, FAA Part 5, EASA rules, risk and AI on safety data, from the people who build eAviora.
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A path for a new safety lead
Five articles, in order, from what an SMS is to a working bow-tie.
Topics
Six topics, every article in one
- SMS fundamentals15 articlesWhat an SMS is, its four components, and how to stand one up.
- SMS Audit Evidence: What Auditors Actually Ask For
- What Happens After an Occurrence Report: The Six Stages
- How to Structure an SMS Manual (and What Regulators Actually Check)
- FAA Part 515 articlesThe final rule, the 2027 deadlines, and what each operator type must have.
- FAA Part 5 vs ICAO Annex 19: One SMS Can Satisfy Both
- The Confidential Reporting System Part 5 Actually Requires
- SMS Software for Business Aviation, Right-Sized for a Flight Department
- Risk and intelligence16 articlesRisk matrices, bow-ties, indicators, weak signals and the risk profile.
- Real SPC vs Coloured Trend Bars: Reading the Risk Weather
- The Aviation Risk Model, In the Box: 85 Bow-ties, 682 Barriers, 516 Indicators
- The Computed Safety Risk Profile: A Seven-Component Answer to “Are We Getting Safer?”
- Choosing software12 articlesHow to compare platforms, and the alternatives buyers look at.
- Replacing Spreadsheets and Email With an SMS: What Actually Changes
- Web Manuals Alternatives: Document Control on One Connected Operation
- Aviation SMS Software vs Aviation Safety Intelligence Platform: What Is the Difference?
- EASA and international5 articlesEU 376/2014, ECCAIRS and E5X, Part-145 and IOSA.
- SMS Software for MRO and Part-145 Organisations: What to Look For
- ECCAIRS 2, ADREP and E5X: The Reporting Format Explained
- EU 376/2014 Occurrence Reporting Requirements, Explained
- AI and safety data5 articlesHow AI works on safety records, and how it is governed.
- Connect an AI Assistant to Your Aviation Safety Data: MCP + OAuth 2.1
- Database-Enforced Tenant Isolation for Aviation Safety SaaS
- Meet eAvy: The Agentic Safety Copilot Inside Your SMS
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Every article
68 articles, newest first
- Choosing softwareReplacing Spreadsheets and Email With an SMS: What Actually ChangesThe seven things an operation runs by hand today, what each becomes on a connected system, what differs by certificate, and what the first month looks like.
- SMS fundamentalsSMS Audit Evidence: What Auditors Actually Ask ForThe evidence an SMS audit requires, mapped element by element to the artefact that answers it, the four opening questions, and where each answer lives.
- SMS fundamentalsWhat Happens After an Occurrence Report: The Six StagesOne ramp occurrence traced from intake to board decision: classification, risk band, barrier assessment, indicator, corrective action and the recorded decision.
- FAA Part 5FAA Part 5 vs ICAO Annex 19: One SMS Can Satisfy BothICAO Annex 19 defines safety management; 14 CFR Part 5 makes it binding US law. Where they align, where they differ, and why one SMS satisfies both.
- FAA Part 5The Confidential Reporting System Part 5 Actually RequiresThe 2024 Part 5 revisions made a confidential employee reporting system a regulatory requirement. What it must do, and how to build a channel people trust.
- FAA Part 5SMS Software for Business Aviation, Right-Sized for a Flight DepartmentA business aviation flight department needs SMS software light enough to use without a safety office, ready for IS-BAO and for Part 5 where charter applies.
- FAA Part 5Part 139 Airport SMS Rule Deadlines ExplainedThe Part 139 airport SMS rule (14 CFR 139.343) is separate from the 2024 Part 5 rule. Effective 2023, deadlines staggered by criteria into 2027-2028.
- EASA and internationalSMS Software for MRO and Part-145 Organisations: What to Look ForA criteria-led checklist for Part-145 SMS software: floor-level intake, maintenance taxonomies, effective-close CAPA, document control and EU 376 reporting.
- FAA Part 5Part 21 SMS Requirements for Design and ManufacturingThe 2024 Part 5 SMS rule reaches certain Part 21 design and production approval holders: who is covered, the May 2027 deadline, and the four components.
- FAA Part 5SMS Software for Helicopter Operators, Sized to the Rotorcraft RiskRotorcraft fly a different risk profile than fixed-wing: low, slow, confined sites, often single-pilot, external loads. What they need from SMS software.