Abstract
The main purpose of this study is to improve the efficiency of the manual for the aviation safety management system of the Approved(flight) Training Organization(ATO) in Korean university institutions. To achieve such purpose, universities' aviation Safety Management System(SMS) manuals were reviewed and compared. Based on the review, the first survey for aviation experts was performed to evaluate the importance of the items. A second survey focused to analyze the importance of items with high importance, which were derived from the first survey. Through Delphi analysis, the high, low important items and non-essential items were selected. Following the Delphi analysis results, frequency analysis, t-test, bivariate correlation analysis, and exploratory factor analysis were conducted. As a result of the study, the high and low importance items were identified from the manual for the aviation safety management system of the Approved Training Organization Korean university institutions.