Safety culture is the term used to describe those aspects of an organisation’s reliability that depend on "shared values and norms of behaviour articulated by senior management and translated with high uniformity into effective work practices at the front line". This definition emphasises the direct and powerful influence of an organisation’s leadership group on the safety attitudes and behaviour of employees. Once a safety culture is established and maintained it is is relatively enduring, stable and resistant to change.

• Flight safety is everyone's responsibility. Management must provide the individuals with the resources required to establish safety of operation (duty roster, training, fuel policy, etc). Nevertheless, it is still every individual crew member's responsibility to fill these conditions with life and behave in a safety-oriented way.