Safety Management System Practice in Ethiopian Airlines Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Base Maintenance
| dc.contributor.advisor | Zegeye Muluye (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Asbe Dagnachew | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-07T12:08:30Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-03-07T12:08:30Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Aviation industry from its nature it is one of the safety demanding sectors. This safety demand has been addressed by implementing different safety measures throughout the aviation history. Currently safety management system is in place in the aviation sector as a safe guard of safety. The goal of this research is to assess the current practice of the safety management system in Ethiopian Airlines Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) section especially the case of base maintenance. Descriptive method of analysis is applied for conducting the research; both primary and secondary data sources for the study. Quantitative research approach is taken for this research, and questionnaires were distributed to 298 sample population with a return rate of 76.5% for primary data collection. Secondary data are collected from different books, literatures, journals, and reports. The collected data was analyzed using descriptive statistics focusing on frequency, percentage and mean value. These results were generated using the statistical program for the social sciences (SPSS) version 26 and MS excel. The safety management system practice was assessed by taking four of its pillars separately with their elements, and assessing the practice of each of them independently. The finding shows that there is good overall safety management practice in the MRO. But there is also lots of room for improvement in the overall SMS practice specifically the fourth pillar, education and communication should be enhanced to improve its contribution to the overall safety management system practice in the MRO. Keywords: Maintenance repair and overhaul, Base Maintenance, Safety Management System pillars, SMS Practice in MRO, ICAO | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/2238 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | |
| dc.title | Safety Management System Practice in Ethiopian Airlines Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Base Maintenance | |
| dc.type | Thesis |