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AMC1 UAS.LUC.030(2)(g)(vi) Safety management system

ED Decision 2022/002/R

SAFETY RISK MANAGEMENT

The LUC holder should have a safety management system that is able to perform at least the following:

(a) identify hazards through reactive, proactive, and predictive methodologies, using various data sources, including safety reporting and internal investigations;

(b) collect, record, analyse, act on and generate feedback about hazards and the associated risks that affect the safety of the operational activities of the UAS operator;

(c) develop an operational risk assessment as required by Article 11;

(d) carry out internal safety investigations;

(e) monitor and measure safety performance through safety reports, safety reviews, in particular during the introduction and deployment of new technologies, safety audits, including periodically assessing the status of safety risk controls, and safety surveys;

(f) manage the safety risks related to a change, using a documented process to identify any external and internal change that may have an adverse effect on safety; the management of change should make use of the UAS operator’s existing hazard identification, risk assessment, and mitigation processes;

(g) manage the safety risks that stem from products or services delivered through subcontractors, by using its existing hazard identification, risk assessment, and mitigation processes, or by requiring that the subcontractors have an equivalent process for hazard identification and risk management; and

(h) respond to emergencies using an ERP that reflects the size, nature, and complexity of the activities performed by the organisation, considering AMC3 UAS.SPEC.030(3)(e). The ERP should:

(1) contain the action to be taken by the UAS operator or the specified individuals in an emergency;

(2) provide for a safe transition from normal to emergency operations and vice versa;

(3) ensure coordination with the ERPs of other organisations, where appropriate; and

(4) describe emergency training/drills, as appropriate.