Opinion: Boeing Debacle Highlights Need For Fully Integrated SMS

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SMS placed on top of existing quality management systems create overcomplicated layers that do not inform executive decision-making.

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As one of the experts appointed to a panel mandated by Congress to evaluate safety management processes for each Organization Designation Authorization holder for Boeing, the findings and recommendations of the group came as no surprise to me. Large bodies of humans develop “administratium.” Complex...

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