ED Decision 2024/004/R
SAFETY POLICY
(a) The safety policy should:
(1) be endorsed by the accountable manager;
(2) clearly identify safety as the highest organisational priority over commercial, operational, environmental, or social pressures;
(3) reflect organisational commitments regarding safety and its proactive and systematic management;
(4) be communicated, with visible endorsement, throughout the organisation;
(5) include safety-reporting principles; and
(6) be periodically reviewed to ensure that it remains relevant and appropriate to the organisation.
(b) The safety policy should:
(1) include a commitment:
(i) to improve towards the highest safety standards;
(ii) to comply with all applicable legal requirements, meet all applicable standards, and consider best practices;
(iii) to provide appropriate resources;
(iv) to enforce safety as one primary responsibility of all managers and staff; and
(v) to apply ‘just culture’ principles in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 376/2014, and, in particular, not to make available or use the information on occurrences:
(A) to attribute blame or liability to front line personnel or other persons for actions, omissions or decisions taken by them that are commensurate with their experience and training; or
(B) for any purpose other than the maintenance or improvement of aviation safety;
(2) include the safety-reporting procedures;
(3) with reference to a ‘just culture’, clearly indicate which types of operational behaviours are unacceptable, and include the conditions under which disciplinary action would not apply; and
(4) be periodically reviewed to ensure that it remains relevant and appropriate.
(c) Senior management should:
(1) continually promote the safety policy to all personnel, and demonstrate their commitment to it;
(2) provide necessary human and financial resources for its implementation; and
(3) establish safety objectives and performance standards.
AMC1 ADR.OR.D.005(b)(2) details safety policy requirements: accountable manager endorsement, safety as top priority, just culture commitment, reporting procedures, and senior management responsibilities.
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