Preparing, Performing, and Documenting a Safety Analysis  Section 5  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: 5.2.2.6.5 Examples of Skills and Backgrounds for SRM Panel Members  • 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.  5.2_SMSM_201904  Originally published April 2019  Uncontrolled copy when downloaded 6 8