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AMC1 ATS.OR.200(3)(iii) Safety management system

ED Decision 2017/001/R

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF THE SMS — COMPLEX ATS PROVIDERS

An air traffic services provider should continuously improve the effectiveness of its SMS by:

(a)     developing and maintaining a formal process to identify the causes of substandard performance of the SMS;

(b)     establishing one or more mechanisms to determine the implications of substandard performance of the SMS;

(c)      establishing one or more mechanisms to eliminate or mitigate the causes of substandard performance of the SMS; and

(d)     developing and maintaining a process for the proactive evaluation of facilities, equipment, documentation, processes and procedures (through internal audits, surveys, etc.).