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Aviation safety management system
An aviation safety management system (SMS) is a formal, top-down approach to managing safety risk, built on the ICAO Annex 19 framework of four components.
Flight Operational Quality Assurance
Flight Operational Quality Assurance (FOQA), known in Europe as flight data monitoring, is a voluntary safety program in which operators routinely record and analyze flight data from normal operations.
Line Operations Safety Audit
The Line Operations Safety Audit (LOSA) is a voluntary, non-punitive observational program in which trained peer observers ride flight decks and record how airline crews manage threats and errors.
Safety culture in aviation
Safety culture in aviation is the set of shared values, beliefs, and practices concerning safety in an aviation organization, which ICAO treats as essential to safety management systems.