Quality-I Is Safety-ll: The Integration of Two Management Systems

This book deals with the present and future situation with Quality and Safety management Systems (QMS and SMS). It presents new ideas, points to the basic misunderstandings in the two management systems, and covers a wide range of industries, as well as providing a practical assessment of scientific theory. It explains the fundamental misunderstanding of what Quality and Safety is from a practical point of view and how to improve them by integrating the two systems from the perspective that Quality-I is Safety-II.

Sasho Andonov is Senior Instructor EASA in Aeronautical Engineering Department in Military Technology College in Muscat, Oman. He is an Engineer in Electronics and Telecommunications and earned a Master Degree in Metrology and Quality Management at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Macedonia. Sasho has 20 years of experience in aviation, especially in the area of ATM/CNS, Quality and Safety Management and 10 years of experience in standardization and accreditation. He is a member of the Technical Board in the electro-technics, information technology, and telecommunications area of the Institute of Standardization of Republic of Macedonia and a member of the Sectors Committee for electrics, electronics and electrical machines of the Institute of Accreditation of Republic of Macedonia. Sasho has contributed on 9 international conferences and symposiums with his papers, mostly in area of satellite navigation, calibration, and safety and quality management.