ED Decision 2022/011/R
SAFETY POLICY AND OBJECTIVES
(a) The safety policy should:
(1) reflect organisational commitments regarding safety, and its proactive and systematic management, including the promotion of a positive safety culture;
(2) include internal reporting principles, and encourage personnel to report maintenanceārelated errors, incidents and hazards;
(3) recognise the need for all personnel to cooperate with the compliance monitoring and internal investigations referred to under point (c) of AMC1 145.A.200(a)(3);
(4) be endorsed by the accountable manager;
(5) be communicated, with visible endorsement, throughout the organisation; and
(6) be periodically reviewed to ensure it remains relevant and appropriate for the organisation.
(b) The safety policy should include a commitment to:
(1) comply with all the applicable legislation, to meet all the applicable requirements, and adopt practices to improve safety standards;
(2) provide the necessary resources for the implementation of the safety policy;
(3) apply human factors principles, including giving due consideration to the aspect of fatigue;
(4) enforce safety as a primary responsibility of all managers; and
(5) apply ājust cultureā principles to internal safety reporting and the investigation of occurrences and, in particular, not to make available or use the information on occurrences:
(i) to attribute blame or liability to frontāline personnel or other persons for actions, omissions or decisions taken by them that are commensurate with their experience and training; or
(ii) for any purpose other than maintaining or improving aviation safety.
(c) Senior management should continually promote the safety policy to all personnel, demonstrate its commitment to it, and provide necessary human and financial resources for its implementation.
(d) Taking due account of its safety policy, the organisation should define safety objectives. The safety objectives should:
(1) form the basis for safety performance monitoring and measurement;
(2) reflect the organisationās commitment to maintain or continuously improve the overall effectiveness of the management system;
(3) be communicated throughout the organisation; and
(4) be periodically reviewed to ensure they remain relevant and appropriate for the organisation.
AMC1 145.A.200(a)(2) outlines safety policy and objectives: endorsements, communication, review, commitments to compliance, resources, human factors, manager responsibility, and just culture principles.
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