Step 1
Describe the system
Purpose, environment, processes, people, equipment, facilities, automation, and interfaces.
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Safety Risk Management
A repeatable process to understand the system, identify hazards, assess risk, design controls, and verify that residual risk is acceptable before implementation.
Step 2
Identify hazards
Operational reports, workshops, flight data, inspections, manufacturer information, and change reviews.
Step 3
Assess risk
Separate hazards from consequences and evaluate severity, likelihood, exposure, and uncertainty.
Step 4
Control and accept
Assign controls, owners, verification, residual risk, authorized acceptance, and interface notices.
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.