1. What do they mean by "Safety Management Systems" in this context? The capitalization leads me to believe that this is some formal program defined somewhere.
2. NTSB is overwhelmed and underfunded for the number of accidents they supposedly investigate. What about other nations' equivalents? There is some hope that the FAA can be shamed into improvements based on other investigations. I hope the rest of the world isn't counting on the U.S. government to take a leadership role in rotorcraft safety.
Agree with the rest.