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Aviation Risk and Safety Management

Methods and Applications in Aviation Organizations

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Roland Müller

    1. Center for Aviation Competence, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

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  2. Andreas Wittmer

    1. Center for Aviation Competence, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

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  3. Christopher Drax

    1. P3 Aviation, P3 Group, Lorsch, Germany

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  • First book on the aviation market dealing with corporate risk and safety management
  • Helps in building a Safety Management System suitable to every operator
  • Charts the rules for airfields, airlines, flight schools, manufacturers and associations
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Management for Professionals (MANAGPROF)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Management Summary

    • Andreas Wittmer
    Pages 1-4

  3. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. Essential Basics and Limitations of Safety and Risk Management

      • Roland Müller, Christopher Drax
      Pages 7-17

  4. Theoretical Background of Risk and Safety Management

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. Necessity and Development of Risk Management

      • Roland Müller, Christopher Drax
      Pages 21-37

    3. Internal Control System (ICS)

      • Roland Müller, Christopher Drax
      Pages 39-43

    4. Fundamentals and Structure of Safety Management Systems in Aviation

      • Roland Müller, Christopher Drax
      Pages 45-55

    5. Costs and Benefits of Risk Management

      • Andreas Wittmer
      Pages 57-71

    6. Operational Risk Management as an Integrated Part of Safety Management Systems

      • Roland Müller, Christopher Drax
      Pages 73-76

    7. Management Implications

      • Roland Müller, Christopher Drax
      Pages 77-82

  5. Practical Implications of Risk and Safety Management

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. Study of the Level of Risk and Safety Management System Implementation in Practice

      • Andreas Wittmer, Christopher Drax
      Pages 85-93

    3. Risk Management in Air Traffic Control “Operator’s Risk – Back to Basics”

      • Heinz Wipf
      Pages 95-114

    4. Importance of Fatigue Risk Management

      • Stefan Becker, Ernst Kohler
      Pages 115-138

    5. Aircraft Accident Investigations

      • Roland Müller, Christopher Drax
      Pages 139-148

  6. Implementation and Optimization of Risk and Safety Management

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
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    2. General Remarks and Overview

      • Roland Müller, Christopher Drax
      Pages 151-151

    3. Organizational Challenges and Phases of Implementation and Optimization

      • Roland Müller, Christopher Drax
      Pages 153-213
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About this book

The International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) decision to require aviation organizations to adopt Safety Management Systems poses a major problem especially for small and medium sized aviation companies. The complexity of regulations overstrains the aviation stakeholders who seek to fully advantage from them but have no clear guidance. The aim of the book is to show the implementation of such a new system with pragmatic effort in order to gain a gradation for smaller operators. This approach should illustrate the leeway in order to adapt the processes and to show the interfaces between Corporate Risk Management and Safety Management. The book shows how to build a system with reasonable effort, appropriate to the size and complexity of the specific operator. It also gives inputs on the key aspects and how to effectively operate such a system with the various interfaces. Furthermore, the book highlights the importance of Corporate Risk Management independent of Safety ManagementSystems based on ICAO.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for Aviation Competence, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

    Roland Müller, Andreas Wittmer

  • P3 Aviation, P3 Group, Lorsch, Germany

    Christopher Drax

About the editors

Prof. Dr. iur. Roland Müller is Professor of Private, Commercial and Aviation Law and President of the Center for Aviation Competence at the University of St. Gallen. He serves in several boards as member and president and holds guest professorships at several universities. Furthermore, he is senior partner at the University of St. Gallen's Center for Corporate Governance.

Dr. oec. HSG Andreas Wittmer is Managing Director of the Center for Aviation Competence at the University of St. Gallen where he also holds courses. He is a guest professor at several international universities in the fields of Aviation Management and Economics. He is President of the Swiss Aerospace Cluster and works as a freelance aircraft accident investigator for the Aircraft Accident Investigation Office of Switzerland.

Christopher Drax is a Consultant at P3 Group, focusing specifically on aviation related subjects. His expertise comprises of Aviation Risk Management, Safety Management Systems, Quality Management Systems and various topics concerning commercial aviation. He holds a degree in Aviation Management from the International University of applied sciences in Bad Honnef and conducted his postgraduate studies in Strategy, Innovation and Management Control at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and Master of International Business at the Queen’s School of Business in Canada. Furthermore, he is an active aerobatic pilot.

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