Opinion: MROs Should Layer SMS Into Existing Quality Systems

technician at a repair station

U.S. repair stations will be required to implement safety management systems by December 2025.

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An effective safety management system cannot be “bolted on” to existing manuals and procedures, ARSA Executive Director Sarah MacLeod explained in her digital Inside MRO column in August. The editorial continued ARSA’s series—which appears in installments in its own communications as well as in the...

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