✓ SMS Essentials — 14 CFR 5.91

The SMS Kit builds your system. This trains the people it runs on.

Part 5 doesn't accept a binder nobody's read — §5.91 wants your personnel trained on the SMS commensurate with their role: what the system is, how to report a hazard, what happens to a report, and when to stop work. SMS Essentials is that training, in four short modules your line personnel will actually finish. One $495 operator license covers 25 named-certificate seats — every certificate carries the employee's name for your training records.

License your operation — $495

The four modules

1
The System That Needs You
What an SMS actually is, why the FAA now requires it of Part 135 operators, and where line personnel fit in it
2
Your Reporting Rights
The employee reporting system, confidentiality, and the non-punitive policy that makes it work
3
Reports That Get Acted On
What separates a hazard report that changes something from one that dies in a drawer
4
Stop-Work and What Happens After
The authority to stop, when to use it, and what the system owes you afterward
Pairs with the SMS Kit: the SMS Kit ($1,995) delivers the Part 5 documentation your system stands on — manual, risk register, forms. Essentials delivers the §5.91 personnel training that makes the paperwork true. Most operators buy both ahead of the May 28, 2027 deadline; either works standalone.
Honest scope: this is SMS familiarization supporting the §5.91 training elements for line personnel. Role-specific training for your accountable executive and safety manager, and your program's own procedures, remain yours to deliver — the kit's guidance covers how.
4 modules · 25 named-certificate seats · 12-month refresh cycle
$495 operator license
~25 minutes of video + module checks · need more than 25 seats? Free on request
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