ED Decision 2019/021/R
SAFETY POLICY
(a) The safety policy should:
(1) be endorsed by the accountable manager;
(2) reflect organisational commitments regarding safety, and its proactive and systematic management;
(3) be communicated, with visible endorsement, throughout the organisation;
(4) include internal reporting principles, and encourage personnel to report errors related to UAS operations, incidents and hazards; and
(5) recognise the need for all personnel to cooperate with compliance monitoring and safety investigations.
(b) The safety policy should include a commitment to:
(1) improve towards the highest safety standards;
(2) comply with all applicable legislation, meet all applicable standards, and consider best practices;
(3) provide appropriate resources;
(4) apply the human factors principles;
(5) enforce safety as a primary responsibility of all managers; and
(6) apply ‘just culture’ principles and, in particular, not to make available or use the information on occurrences:
(i) to attribute blame or liability to someone for reporting something which would not have been otherwise detected; or
(ii) for any purpose other than the improvement of safety.
(c) The senior management of the UAS operator should:
(1) continually promote the UAS operator’s safety policy to all personnel, and demonstrate their commitment to it;
(2) provide the necessary human and financial resources for the implementation of the safety policy; and
(3) establish safety objectives and associated performance standards.
AMC1 UAS.LUC.030(2)(c) outlines safety policy requirements: accountable manager endorsement, communication, reporting principles, just culture, resource provision, and senior management's role in promoting safety and set
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