ASAP Case Studies August 2026

Closing the Loop: Airworthiness Directives Just before [tail number] went in for a scheduled inspection, a new Airworthiness Directive (AD) was issued against the aircraft. We promptly sent [company name] an updated due list identifying the AD as an outstanding task requiring action before the aircraft could be considered airworthy. However, during the inspection, the […]
Safety Spotlight: Safety Is Its Own Profession: Tenure Isn’t Training

Who’s running your safety program? If the honest answer is “whoever had the bandwidth,” you’re not alone. Trust, tenure, and operational know-how are reasonable places to start. Most safety leads come up that way, and there’s nothing wrong with that. Somebody must own the program, and the person who knows the operation cold is a […]