## 5.2.2.6.5 Examples of Skills and Backgrounds for SRM Panel Members 

The change proponent and SRM panel facilitator/co-facilitator should select and involve SRM panel members with varying levels of experience and knowledge to promote a comprehensive and balanced consideration of the safety issue. They should obtain information on the knowledge, experiences, positions, and thoughts of each member. The following list, though not all-inclusive, provides types of experts to consider for participation on an SRM panel: 

• Employees directly responsible for developing the NAS change or managing the existing safety issue, 

• Employees with current knowledge of and experience with the system or NAS change, 

• Hardware/software engineering and/or automation experts (to provide knowledge on equipment performance), 

• Human factors specialists, 

• Systems specialists, 

• System operators, 

• Employees skilled in collecting and analyzing hazard and error data and using specialized tools and techniques (e.g., operations research, data, human factors), 

• Quality Control / Quality Assurance employees (to help ensure that the safety performance target is measurable and auditable or to help develop an alternate means to verify predicted residual risk), 

• Air traffic procedures specialists, 

• Information/cyber-security specialists, 

• Third-party stakeholders, 

• Air traffic controllers, 

• Maintenance technicians, 

• Traffic management specialists, and 

• Bargaining unit representatives. 

The 5M Model, described in Section 3.3.3.2, is useful for identifying potential SRM panel members. Note that it may be necessary to elevate a request for participation to an appropriate management level to ensure participation by all affected stakeholders. 

