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Measuring Safety Performance in Airworthiness
The Wright Brothers and their mechanic, Charles Taylor, had a dream only achieved by persistence, trial, and error. Their confidence and...
Donna Shope
Nov 13, 2023


Safety Is Not the Absence of Risk: The Role of a Safety Manager
One of the core principles of safety management is that safety is not the absence of risk but the effective management of it. The idea...
Jason Starke, Ph.D.
Oct 31, 2023
The Synergy of Safety and Sustainability
Sustainability is a term that has gained significant attention in recent years, but it's more than just a trendy catchphrase for...
Briana Lynch
Jul 25, 2023
Building Trust and Empathy for Effective Communication
Effective communication is the cornerstone of any successful organization, especially when it comes to safety management. As safety...
Jason Starke, Ph.D.
Jul 11, 2023
Balancing Collaboration and Risk: The Key to Effective Interface Management
In the dynamic world of aviation, interface management has become a critical focus for Part 135 operators, particularly following the...
Jason Starke, Ph.D.
Jun 16, 2023
Unlocking Safety Excellence: Navigating the World of Safety Performance Monitoring and Measurement
Safety management is a critical aspect of any organization, particularly when it comes to safety performance monitoring and measurement....
Jason Starke, Ph.D.
Jun 5, 2023
Maximizing Your SMS: 3 Tools to Guide You
Differences Between Audits, Evaluations and Investigations Audits, evaluations and investigations are three distinctively different and...
Mark Myers
May 19, 2023
Why Does Your SMS Need An Accountable Executive?
The Accountable Executive (AE) is a key figure in a Safety Management System (SMS), responsible for overseeing the system's design,...
Todd Thomas
Apr 11, 2023
Team Cohesion in a Safety Environment
Commitment to team goals starts with understanding roles and embracing strengths - There are many definitions for safety, yet I'm...
Jordy Mallory
Feb 16, 2023
Getting to Zero One Report at a Time
Recently, our company marked four million filed reports within our Safety Management System (SMS), it gave me cause to reflect....
Don Baldwin
Jan 18, 2023
How Did We Get Here?
The Emergence of our Current SMS If you arrived in a safety management role with a business management background, you likely experienced...
Mark Myers
Oct 31, 2022
Helicopters, Controlled Burn, and Crew Management
How Helicopters Influence Land Conservation and Restoration Hiking through the forest, you hear the distinct thump of a Bell 205 in the...
Jordy Mallory
Aug 25, 2022
Safety Reporting: Crewed and Un-Crewed
It’s an exciting time to be part of the expanding UAS industry. It has been a whirlwind to watch the growth from its earliest days until...
Laura Kirkpatrick
Aug 9, 2022
The Manual Mantra: State What You Do, Do What You State
Throughout my career I’ve faced the challenge of Manuals – the content, the expectations, and the grammar. It’s important to ensure the...
Todd Thomas
Jun 21, 2022
You Never Know Who You'll Meet at a Graduation
Don Baldwin went to the RedTail Flight Academy graduation. Two original Tuskegee Airmen were there and they made quite an impression.
Don Baldwin
May 25, 2022
Selecting Items To Include on Your FRAT
At its core, the Flight Risk Assessment Tool (FRAT) is a pre-flight evaluation of potential threats faced in a mission or flight....
Jason Starke, Ph.D.
May 10, 2022
5 Things You Can (Still) Do After a Pandemic
Following up on Earth Day, we felt it worthwhile to refresh a blog post with an update for “Life after Corona.” It’s taken longer than...
Briana Lynch
Apr 27, 2022
Assessing Risk in Chaos
Prior to working here at Baldwin I was a frontline supervisor who worked at the tip of the safety spear in the chaotic and hectic...
Jordy Mallory
Apr 11, 2022
Be Alert: Beyond Fatigue Lies Burnout & Exhaustion
Two years after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, inflation, money issues and the war in Ukraine have...
Mark Myers
Mar 28, 2022
Could Your UAS Operation Benefit From an SMS?
It was probably almost a decade ago I found myself at one of the many aviation industry’s tradeshows, but this one was different. There...
Jason Starke, Ph.D.
Mar 10, 2022
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