Identify areas of operational risk

I finished the draft operational-risk register for the ground crew and need it reviewed. Send the register to Laila in safety and to Darren, the head of operations, for approval Thursday; sign it yourself first after you verify every risk has an owner, last-mitigation date, and an estimated financial impact.

Before I forward this risk spreadsheet to safety, make it easier to approve: surface the top five high-impact risks at the top, show when each was last tested, flag any risks without a named owner, and mark controls that depend on external vendors or single people so reviewers know reliability concerns immediately.

I just cataloged a high-severity equipment failure risk with a conservative probability, but Laila in safety downgraded it and says operations can leave it for the next maintenance cycle. I can’t tell if Laila is under-resourcing safety or if my probability estimate is inflated. What is the likely diagnosis, what additional data should I collect quickly, and what is the best immediate step so we neither overreact nor leave a genuine hazard unaddressed?

We keep recording near-misses and high risks, yet mitigations stall and no one is accountable beyond an initial note. That burns credibility and leaves real exposure. What one habit change around assigning owners, one reporting cadence, and one spreadsheet structure would ensure risks move from identification to resolved without doubling the workload for operations or safety?