scholarly journals Safety Management for Unmanned Aviation

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 213-228
Author(s):  
Peter STASTNY ◽  
Adrian-Mihail STOICA
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Management ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Air Traffic Management ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Operating Environment ◽  
Safety Management Systems ◽  
Unmanned Vehicle ◽  
Safety Research ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

In Air Traffic Management (ATM), Safety Management Systems (SMS) provide the principal vehicle for implementing safety policies, practices and procedures in accordance with internationally agreed Standards. In a constantly changing operating environment, it is essential to maintain SMS effectiveness to maintain and enhance levels of ATM safety. Research at the University Politehnica of Bucharest (UPB) has analysed the major, fast-rising threats to ATM safety emerging in the field of unmanned aviation. After considering the operating environment in terms of control arrangements and unmanned vehicle types, the relationship between ATM and Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) is examined. It is concluded that the SMS supporting ATM requires enhancement to address the risks arising from the emergence of unmanned aviation and relevant enhancement measures are therefore proposed. Further, research shows that detailed safety management arrangements to support UTM are not yet defined. Indicative SMS requirements for UTM are therefore derived and presented.

Withdrawal: Initial Validation of a Simulation System for Studying Interoperability in Future Air Traffic Management Systems

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert D. Windhorst ◽  
Shannon Zelinski ◽  
Todd A. Lauderdale ◽  
Alexander Sadovsky ◽  
Yung-Cheng Chu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Management ◽  
Air Traffic Management ◽  
Simulation System ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Initial Validation

Integrating Safety-II into Safety Management

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toni Wäfler ◽  
Rahel Gugerli ◽  
Giulio Nisoli
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factor ◽  
Safety Factor ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Safety Management Systems ◽  
Safety Science ◽  
Human Failure ◽  
The Given ◽  
Freedom Of Action

We all aim for safe processes. However, providing safety is a complex endeavour. What is it that makes a process safe? And what is the contribution of humans? It is very common to consider humans a risk factor prone to errors. Therefore, we implement sophisticated safety management systems (SMS) in order to prevent potential "human failure". These SMS provide an impressive increase of safety. In safety science this approach is labelled "Safety-I", and it starts to be questioned because humans do not show failures only. On the contrary, they often actively contribute to safety, sometimes even by deviating from a procedure. This "Safety-II" perspective considers humans to be a "safety factor" as well because of their ability to adjust behaviour to the given situation. However, adaptability requires scope of action and this is where Safety-I and Safety-II contradict each other. While the former restricts freedom of action, the latter requires room for manoeuvring. Thus, the task of integrating the Safety-II perspective into SMS, which are traditionally Safety-I based, is difficult. This challenge was the main objective of our project. We discovered two methods that contribute to the quality of SMS by integrating Safety-II into SMS without jeopardizing the Safety-I approach.

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