Events
Upcoming
Safeskies Australia conference
20-22 September 2022
SMS for smaller organisations
26 & 27 October 2021
0830 – 1030 AEDT
Recent events
SMS for smaller organisations
Safeskies Australia and RMIT University presented two webinars focusing on ‘SMS for smaller organisations’ in late October.
26 October 2021
The first of two webinars held by Safeskies Australia in collaboration with RMIT University. Melbourne focusing on safety management systems (SMS) for smaller organisations. Features presentations from the regulator, Ash McAlpine – CASA, and three industry speakers: Bridgette Hasting, chief pilot of small, family owned tourism company, Barossa Helicopters; Mike Hutchinson, aviation safety manager with Exxon-Mobil; and Adrianne Fleming, head of operations of Tristar Aviation, a Melbourne-based flying training organisation.
27 October 2021
The second, and final webinar of the ‘SMS for smaller organisations’ series looks at the Civil Aviation Safety Authority’s (CASA’s) SMS evaluation tool, and examines three SMS elements in more detail, and challenges and successes for the smaller organisations represented in implementing these: safety policy & objectives; hazard ID & risk assessment; and management of change. Panellists from webinar one, Ash McAlpine, CASA; Bridgette Hasting, Barossa Helicopters; Mike Hutchinson, Exxon-Mobil; and Adrianne Fleming, Tristar Aviation, return to discuss these topics, and answer attendees’ questions.
History
Past Events
Speakers
Over the years, Safeskies has brought numerous well-known aviation personnel to Australia, including the first keynote speaker, John J Nance. Nance, a pilot, is a leader and a pioneer in both aviation and medical safety and quality, and for almost 20 years has been a familiar face to North American television audiences as the aviation analyst for ABC World News and Good Morning America, and for appearances on the crash investigation series, Mayday.
Other distinguished speakers have included: space pioneer Dr Bill Gaubatz (Delta-Clipper space project); two chiefs of the RAAF; the NTSB Board Chairman, Mark Rosenker; former Chairman, CAA UK, Sir Roy McNulty; Director of the Air Navigation Bureau (ICAO) Ms Nancy Graham; and most recently, in 2019, Secretary-General of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Dr Fang Liu.
Themes and topics
Safeskies has focused from time to time on a range of themes, including ‘Setting the right aviation safety culture’; ‘Safety in the globalised economy’; Learning the lessons of the past’; ‘Making safety management systems work’; and ‘Training and change’. Conference topics include a broad range of aviation activities, civil and military: flight operations, engineering and maintenance, ground handling, training, air traffic management, safety management systems and organisational culture, across sectors ranging from airlines and charter to recreational aviation, emergency services and the growing unmanned sector.
