AMC1 21.A.139(c)(1) Production management system

AMC1 21.A.139(c)(1) Production management system

SAFETY POLICY & 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 by fostering the reporting of organisational threats as well as events, as defined in AMC3 21.A.3A(a);

(3) be endorsed by the accountable manager (AM);

(4) be communicated, with visible endorsement, throughout the organisation; and

(5) be periodically reviewed to ensure that it remains relevant and appropriate to the organisation.

(b) The safety policy should include the commitment:

(1) to comply with all the applicable legislation, meet all the applicable requirements, and adopt practices to improve safety standards;

(2) to provide the necessary resources for the implementation of the safety policy;

(3) to apply human factors (HF) principles;

(4) to enforce safety as a primary responsibility of all managers; and

(5) to apply ‘just culture’ principles and, in particular, not to make available or use the information on occurrences:

(i) to attribute blame or liability to personnel for action, omissions, or decisions that are commensurate with their experience and training; or

(ii) for any purpose other than the improvement of aviation safety.

(c) Senior management should continuously promote the safety policy to all personnel, demonstrate their commitment to it, and provide the 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 organisation’s commitment to maintaining or continuously improving the overall effectiveness of safety management;

(3) be communicated throughout the organisation; and

(4) be periodically reviewed to ensure that they remain relevant and appropriate to the organisation.