Competency
Role-based training
Accountable Executive, managers, pilots, flight coordinators, maintenance, infrastructure, safety personnel, and contractors.
About • SMS Components
Safety Promotion
Competency and communication turn the SMS from a manual into daily behavior across employees, contractors, partners, and leaders.
Currency
Initial and recurrent
Training before assignment, periodic refreshers, change-driven training, and documented practical competency.
Communication
Relevant safety information
Policies, hazards, decisions, lessons learned, procedure changes, and reasons for safety action.
Culture
Feedback and learning
Close the loop with reporters and share useful lessons without exposing unnecessary identifying information.
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.