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SAVE THE DATE -  March 15-16, 2011

Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) will host its 2011 Air Charter Safety Symposium, on March 15th and 16th, 2011 at the NTSB Training Center, Ashburn Virginia.

The ACSF Symposium is the annual gathering of the air charter industry where current and emerging safety challenges are investigated.

 

Burns Interviewed by Aiport Business Magazine
 

In an interview with Airport Business Magazine, Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) Executive Director Bryan Burns spoke about the Industry Audit Standard, the most comprehensive audit developed by the ACSF specifically for on-demand charter operators.

“One thing we’ve discovered is that management involvement, or lack of involvement, has an impact,” commented Burns. “What seems to surface is that the director of operations has to realize that this is an across-the-board compliance. It’s not just checking the boxes and thinking you’re going to be certified. This is about going into every component of the business, from cleaning airplanes to the director of aviation, to ensure they’re doing what they say they’re doing. The real measuring stick is, Is it being implemented?”

Burns noted the foundation’s initiatives with supporting and promoting the implementation of Safety Management Systems (SMS). “We’re creating best practices,” he said. “We know it [SMS] is coming; we’ve just taken the lead in putting out that information and capturing this data. We’ve been working with the FAA to continue to share with them what we’re doing. They’re very supportive of what they say is a very strong program. They’re looking at our program as a potential guide for what may be out in the fall.”

To read the entire interview, click here.

 

Gama Charters & Hop-A-Jet Make ACSF Industry Audit Standard Registry

The Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) is pleased to announce the addition of Gama Charters, Inc. of Stratford, Connecticut, and Hop-A-Jet Worldwide Jet Charter, Inc., of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to the ACSF Industry Audit Standard Registry (IAS). They join 14 operators that have completed the IAS audit and achieved Registered status with the ACSF since the program’s inception in 2009.
 

The IAS audit, valid for two years, provides a comprehensive, independent review of an operator’s compliance with safety and security regulations as well as its implementation and adherence to a Safety Management System...Learn More...