From reactive to proactive: Using safety survey to assess effectiveness of airline SMS

Hangkong Taikong ji Minhang Xuekan/Journal of Aeronautics, Astronautics and Aviation

Volumn 40 A, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-48

  Hsu, Yueh Ling ^a  

^a KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Crew attitude survey; Organizational safety culture; Proactive safety; Safety Management System (SMS)

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AIR TRANSPORTATION; MANAGEMENT; RISKS;

CREW ATTITUDE SURVEY; ORGANIZATIONAL SAFETY CULTURE; PROACTIVE SAFETY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (SMS);

AVIATION;

EID: 42549091512     PISSN: 10220666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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