You are then asked to describe how these terms combine, and if possible, how auditing in aviation can help us with preventive safety.First, AUDITING – a commonly accepted description for auditing is a systematic, independent review to verify conformance with established guidelines or standards, employing a well-defined review process to ensure consistency, and to allow the auditor to reach defensible conclusions.Second, CONFORMANCE – which has been defined in the Oxford dictionary as “compliance with standards, rules, or laws.”Third, PERFORMANCE – which has been defined in the Oxford dictionary as “the action or process of carrying out or accomplishing an action, task, or function.” Now, let’s borrow an old phrase and apply it to aviation safety, “Prevention is better than cure.”For this Discussion topic, please describe how you view Aviation Auditing with respect to conformance and to performance, and then if possible, describe how we might use Auditing in Aviation (which is often viewed as a reactive effort to find things that aren’t working properly) to assist in safety prevention efforts.