In the period 17-20 January 2022 the “Operator SMS Course” was held by the Interstate Aviation Committee jointly with Airbus within the framework of the ICAO-IAC Project RER/01/901 “Development of Operational Safety and Continuing Airworthiness in the Member States of the Agreement”.

         The Course was held by Airbus experts with the aim of providing training for the aviation specialists of the States of the region – Members of the interstate Agreement.

         The participants of the event included representatives of the leading airlines of Russia and CIS countries, flight and engineering services personnel, as well as flight safety management sections’ specialists.

         The Course programme covered the following subjects:

·        SMS introduction. Safety Fundamentals;

·        Safety Culture;

·        Safety Policy and Objectives;

·        SMS Implementation and Documentation. Safety Assurance;

·        Safety Promotion;

·        Safety Risk Management;

·        Emergency Response Plan;

·        Flight Data Analysis.

         Great attention was devoted to practical training, which included:

·        Hazard Identification;

·        Occurrence Analysis Report;

·        Occurrence Criticality Assessment;

·        Safety Issue Risk Assessment and Risk Mitigation.

     In the course of the work the participants of the event exchanged their experience in the SMS use in their airlines.

         After the completion of the Course all the participants were issued the corresponding certificates.