Safety Management Programs
What is the controlling document for drawing up Safety Management Programs these days?
Is it CAA's CAP 712 document (Safety Management Systems For
Commercial Air Transport), some FAA standard, or is it ICAO document 9589 (Safety Management Manual)? Does EASA have a new standard yet that supplants the CAA and other European standards?
Does an operator have a choice in the system they draw up or must it comply with a specific set of documents?
Is the industry seeing added costs due to changing standards with the creation of CAA/JAA/EASA or are they using common standards?