Do Your Due Diligence Before Selecting a Charter Operator
Unqualified and illegal charters can result in mistakes that involve catastrophic results. Often illegal charters flaunt industry safety standards or completely disregard them. We emphasize doing your due diligence before selecting a charter.
ASAP Case Studies – Q4 2023
ACSF ASAP Team Following are redacted Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP) reports from four participating member companies during Q4 2023 (October to December). Topics include: Please consider sharing these ASAP Case Studies – Q4 2023 with your safety team in an upcoming training meeting. AIR RETURN – ENGINE OVERHEAT Departed out of SDL with two […]
Breaking Barriers: Advancing Mental Health in Aviation
For pilots seeking mental health treatment it can feel like a daunting decision – one that could jeopardize careers.
The Last Art of the Do-Over
Guest blogger Frank Raymond explains how the lost art of the “do over” in youth sports is analogous to non-punitive aviation safety programs. I’ve been a youth soccer coach for 12 years, beginning when my daughter was four. She’s now a junior in high school. With the exception of a few years as an assistant […]
ASAP Case Studies: April-June, 2023
Following are redacted ASAP reports from three participating Member companies during the April to June, 2023 time period. Please consider sharing these recommendations with your safety team in an upcoming training meeting. NEAR AIRCRAFT COLLISION – WEAK RADIO COMMUNICATION Overview: Report Narrative: On taxi out to runway 34 in KMEV, I noticed another airplane going […]
Avoid Altitude Deviations with KTEB RUUDY 6 Departure
Help avoid altitude deviations, which we at the ACSF see regularly with our Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP) reports.
ASAP Report Case Studies – Jan to March, 2023
Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP) reports from four participating companies during the January through March 2023
The ‘Fifth Paving Stone’ on the Pathway to Safety
This past February, I departed the Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) and began a new job. That degree of change doesn’t mean, however, that I am done spreading the safety message. In fact, far from it. To illustrate, this past March, I attended the ACSF Safety Symposium in Daytona Beach, Florida. I was invited to […]
Mitigating Risk with the Right Safety Management System
Industry experts weigh in on what makes an effective safety management system and how these tools can enhance aircraft performance for operators large and small. Safety management systems (SMS) have long been mandated for large commercial airlines to document incidents and identify best practices for maintenance, inspection and operation. New technological innovations are making advanced […]
Air Charter Safety Symposium Presentations Now Available
The following presentations from the Air Charter Safety Symposium. Please note some files are very large and may take some time to download.
