Free Trial Offered in 2013 Aviation Safety Management Software

Jan. 13, 2013 - PRLog -- Recently, NorthWest Data Solutions (NWDS), an Alaska Web design and development company in Anchorage, Alaska that develops aviation safety software, discontinued the free aviation safety management software, SMS Pro Lite. Another aviation safety product replaced the free version called SMS Pro 10-100 (http://www.asms-pro.com). NWDS announced Friday that they will offer a one month free trial of the software beginning in early February. Based on the marketing approaches taken by NetFlix, NWDS wants to alleviate the concern that users will be saddled with extensive service agreements after signing up for the software.

SMS Pro 10-100 or commonly called "Ten-One Hundred" allows ten users to use the enterprise grade aviation safety software product SMS Pro in its entirety. The product offering was prepared specifically for small airports, aviation maintenance and overhaul stations (MROs), fixed base operators (FBOs) and flight schools. Biz jet operators are not eligible for this aviation safety management product.

Christopher Howell, CEO of NorthWest Data Solutions http://www.nwds-ak.com stated, "not very many small operators can afford to spend two million dollars to create a full featured aviation safety management software suite. We find it difficult to for many operators to pay even a few thousand dollars for software during these economically challenging times." NWDS has been selling and supporting aviation safety software for five years. Hundreds of airlines and airports on almost every continent are using SMS Pro™. "While the aviation safety software can be hosted on our clients' servers, 99% of them choose to have NorthWest Data Solutions providing the hosting and backup support."

SMS Pro™ is used by a wide range of clients, including military, quasi-military, police and civilian aviation service providers. Civilian aviation service providers are required in most countries to implement formal aviation safety management systems (SMS) due to a 2006 ICAO regulatory requirement. Due to the lack of aviation specific software developed to manage these ICAO requirements, NWDS developed SMS Pro™, one of the most popular, affordably priced Web based safety management software products. See http://www.aviation-sms.com

Aviation safety management systems don't hold new concepts, but imply a businesslike approach to safety management. Safety management systems provide a systematic, structured, documented and comprehensive process for managing aviation safety hazards and their inherent risks.

Similar to other management systems, such as quality and environmental, a safety management system provides for goals and objectives setting, safety planning, and continuously measuring performance. Effective safety management systems have their essence interwoven into the culture of an organization. They becomes part of the way business perform there operations, the way people do their jobs.