Leadership
Accountable Executive
Final operational authority, resource control, ultimate safety responsibility, policy approval, and performance review.
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Safety Policy
Leadership commitment becomes operational through clear authority, adequate resources, protected reporting, emergency coordination, and regular executive review.
Authority
Risk acceptance
Defined decision levels for low, medium, high, and intolerable residual risk.
Culture
Protected reporting
Good-faith reporting without reprisal, paired with a fair policy for unacceptable behavior.
Preparedness
Emergency response
Delegated authority, assigned duties, external coordination, recovery, and return-to-service decisions.
Application to UAS and AAM
For UAS and AAM, this component should account for command and control, automation, energy systems, vertiports, UTM services, cybersecurity, public exposure, maintenance, human factors, and emergency interfaces.