14 CFR Part 5 Mandates Are Here

Why Wait?

Don’t wait for FAA's May 2027 mandate to approach! Get started now with the OmniSMS® aviation management system, and show your CMT how a well-designed and effective SMS operates. If you’re a U.S. Part 135 operator or § 91.147 LOA holder, here’s what you need to know:

• FAR Part 5 was revised on May 28, 2024 with new SMS requirements.
• Advisory Circular AC 120-92D was also published to provide non-regulatory guidance with the Part 5 rule.
• Existing Part 121 operators must comply with the new rule by May 28, 2025.
• FAA's SMS Voluntary Program is no longer available to Part 135 operators.

So where does that leave Part 135 operators and § 91.147 LOA holders? These organizations must now work directly with their Certificate Holding District Office to:

Wanna really be proactive?

OmniSMS includes everything needed to implement an effective SMS with minimum investment. Using professionally written OmniSMS document templates and training as a starting point (SMS Manual, supporting programs, audit checklists, and SMS eLearning courses), your declaration of compliance can be completed in less than an hour. This high level of SMS development assures your design validation and design demonstrations with FAA will go smoothly. OmniSMS has been designed and continually improved for many years, to meet Part 5 / AC 120-92D, including non-regulatory peripherals like ASAP, VDRP, and fatigue risk management:

• A fully configurable and robust employee reporting system supports ASAP and ERC Best Practices;
• Report-driven safety key performance indicators automatically trigger an alert if a reported event causes a threshold to be exceeded;
• Omni’s SMS Manual includes specific regulatory references (SRRs) that make your declaration of compliance easy, and principal inspectors happy;
• Supporting programs include an Emergency Response Plan, ASAP Policy and Procedures Manual, Occupational Health and Safety Manual, Event Investigation Program, Internal Evaluation Program, and SMS Training Program;
• Audit checklists go beyond regulatory compliance to measure the performance of your operational processes as required by § 5.71;
• Event Risk Classification for reported occurrences takes the guesswork out of analyzing the risk of events that have already occurred;
• A wizard-like organizational system description/analysis method creates your system description as you configure OmniSMS taxonomies (saves time and produces your Safety Risk Profile);
• A method of sending minor, low-risk reports and issues directly to process owners for correction so your safety committee doesn't get bogged down with them;
• SMS eLearning courses for front-line personnel, managers, safety staff, and the accountable executive.

Everything is centrally located in the super-fast and powerful OmniSMS web application, accessible from your cell phone, tablet, or desktop, anywhere in the world.

OmniSMS: Scalable and Configurable

OmniSMS is the fourth version of the award-winning Incident Reporter desktop program, designed for FedEx ramp ops. Winner of the prestigious FedEx “BZ” award for excellence, Incident Reporter was designed from the ground up to be easy-to-use and configurable, so it could be tailored to each FedEx ramp operation’s unique needs.

OmniSMS v4 carries on this concept of total client configuration, by providing each client with their unique and branded instance of the web application. Control the implementation of your SMS by initially restricting online reporting to safety-related hazards, incidents and near-accidents. Then as workloads permit, enable event and irregularity reporting, multi-branched investigations, and customer feedback for management of quality issues. Add ASAP at any time, or an additional employee group to your ASAP; feed equipment failures and associated ATA/JASC codes and investigation results into your CASS; post operational performance indicators (such as flight interruptions due to system/component failure) on the OmniSMS dashboard for everyone to see.

There has never been a better way to improve your products and services.