A Look at the EASA Safety Review 2025

The EASA Safety Review 2025 confirms that Europe remains one of the safest regions for aviation while emphasizing the need for continued vigilance. With traffic recovery reaching 96% of 2019 levels and over 7.7 million commercial flights conducted, the review highlights key developments in UAS integration, enhanced data analysis through the European Risk Classification Scheme, and the growing importance of integrated Safety Management Systems across all aviation domains.

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Safety Promotion: Building Strong Safety Culture

Safety Promotion is the SMS component that builds and sustains the positive safety culture that makes all other SMS components effective. This comprehensive guide explores FAA and EASA requirements, implementation strategies, and how iQSMS supports systematic culture development through integrated training, communication, and feedback processes that transform technical safety management into lived organizational values.

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Safety Assurance: Monitoring Safety Management System (SMS) Effectiveness

Safety Assurance is the SMS component that monitors whether your risk controls are actually working and your Safety Management System is delivering intended safety outcomes. This comprehensive guide explores FAA and EASA requirements, implementation strategies, and how iQSMS supports systematic safety monitoring through integrated data collection, analysis, and corrective action processes.

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Safety Risk Management: Proactive Hazard Control in Safety Management Systems (SMS)

This second article in a four-part SMS series examines Safety Risk Management as the structured process that transforms safety policy commitments into actionable hazard control strategies. Learn how organizations can implement proactive risk identification and mitigation through clear risk criteria and comprehensive data analysis, supported by tools like iQSMS Risk+ for streamlined risk assessment and control implementation.

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