ICAO Pillars Safety Security Quality Compliance

Civil Aviation Authorities around the world are structuring their aviation SMS requirements around the ICAO document 9859. ICAO Document 9859 has strongly influenced the FAA, EASA, Transport Canada and others to develop an SMS framework based on the following four elements or "pillars":

1. Safety Policy
2. Safety Risk Management
3. Safety Assurance
4. Safety Promotion

The best aviation SMS database software programs follow these four well-known pillars. Every safety management system database must strive to provide tools to save safety managers time and money. Whether your aviation hazard database starts with a simple hazard reporting tool, or a very sophisticated aviation risk assessment database program, you still need to ensure your program addresses these four pillars.