Nick Johnson from Corsaire Aviation Group shares lessons from managing safety across a complex operation. He discusses the ...

At its best, risk management (RM) is one of the foundations of an effective safety management system (SMS). An SMS should not be viewed or managed bureaucratically as simply a collection of procedures ...

I cancel trip after trip, even on clear blue days, because I worry the weather for my return journey in a week’s time might not be good enough to get home safely. I dread the idea of being stuck for ...

Are you an aviation safety manager or know someone who is? If so, why not apply for one of this year’s CASA safety manager scholarships, or encourage a colleague to put their name in the running?

if it is dusty for wheeled helicopters where you are encouraged to ground taxi on prepared surface to minimise rotor wash at night where you should taxi via routes that meet physical dimensions and ...

Flight Safety Australia: CASA's flagship aviation safety magazine. Topical, technical, but reader-friendly, articles cover all the key aviation safety issues – safety management systems, maintenance, ...

At a non-controlled aerodrome, you should not continue an approach beyond the runway threshold until the preceding aircraft using the same runway: is airborne and at least 1,000 ft AGL has landed and ...

It was supposed to be a straightforward round trip, the kind of flight I often do to keep my instrument currency sharp. This solo hop was from Brisbane’s Archerfield to Kingaroy in a Cirrus SR22, then ...

You've probably been there. Someone transmits base. You scan. Nothing. You reach late downwind, call base yourself, start your turn and then bam! They're right there, tighter than expected, closer ...

That’s a phrase no person wants to hear from anyone, least of all their doctor, but the words struck me hard. My blood pressure was creeping up and my blood test returned results that were bordering ...

Flight Safety Australia: CASA's flagship aviation safety magazine. Topical, technical, but reader-friendly, articles cover all the key aviation safety issues – safety management systems, maintenance, ...

Flight Safety Australia: CASA's flagship aviation safety magazine. Topical, technical, but reader-friendly, articles cover all the key aviation safety issues – safety management systems, maintenance, ...