AS9100 Compliance and Other Factors that Make Today’s Airlines Safe (Demo)

ISO’s AS9100 system provides a standard of quality management aimed at companies that manufacture parts or provide services for aerospace and defense industries. Thanks to its focus on safety and quality assurance, every component manufactured for the airline industry is safer than ever, making commercial air travel still one of the safest means of getting around. As an article in the Wall Street Journal has it:

Longer-term trends and statistics show steady progress by regulators and carriers around the world, including much of Africa, in combating the most likely causes of crashes. Those include crashing into mountains, deadly aerodynamic stalls, running off runways and otherwise losing control of planes because of cockpit confusion or undue reliance on automation. The primary strategy has been to enhance training and awareness of these dangers, and then to collect huge volumes of incident data to identify budding threats. Progress has been dramatic, making commercial aviation safer than ever in 2013 despite rapid global passenger growth.

Navigation One of the many factors that led to today’s commercial airline safety are advancements in navigation technology. Today, electronic systems like the global positioning system (GPS) and VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) network, and the internal navigation system allows pilots to better pinpoint their location and maneuver the plane as necessary. Human Factors In an industry that needs nothing less than precision and accuracy, human error can be a horribly unfavorable factor—in fact, it contributes to approximately 70% of commercial airline accidents. Since human decision-making skills will always be a major part of operating an aircraft, many airline companies have taken to effectively screening and assessing the risk that their employees may pose. Safety Standards The aforementioned article also says:

Various organizations, safety groups and plane manufacturers rely on slightly different categories and definitions of accidents, so sometimes it is hard to get a definitive picture. But regardless of the specific numbers, experts seem unanimous in agreeing that safety has been getting better.

This means that thanks to the efforts of international organizations like ISO and responsible aerospace manufacturers who see fit to hire the services of firms like International Standards Authority, Inc. (ISA) to secure AS9100 certification for their enterprise, airline safety can be regulated and ensured from the manufacturing stage. In effect, this means that fewer flights will be interrupted and much fewer lives will be lost as a result of faulty equipment or poor quality aviation components. (Source: Data Show Safety of Flying Despite Spate of Crashes, Wall Street Journal)