VIDEO: ASAP + SMS for Helicopter Operators
During HELI-EXPO ’22, HAI’s Director of Safety Chris Hill sat down with leaders from the Air Charter Safety Foundation to discuss the ACSF’s Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP) for rotor wing operators. In this video, you’ll hear from Bryan Burns, Frank Raymond and Bob Rufli as they explain the features and benefits of the non-punitive […]
NBAA Strongly Supports ACSF Safety Symposium and BASS
The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) is a proud sponsor of the 2022 ACSF Safety Symposium to be held April 5-6 in Daytona Beach, FL. “The ACSF Safety Symposium offers a great opportunity for the business aviation community to come together and discuss aviation safety topics, and really enhance our understanding and approach,” said Mark […]
Will Flight Data Monitoring Transform Safety?
While flight data monitoring (FDM) or FOQA (Flight Operational Quality Assurance) has been around in the commercial airline industry for decades, business aviation has been much slower to adopt this technology, for many reasons. Read Jessie Naor’s article, which originally appeared in Aviation Week Many say FDM hasn’t taken off in business aviation due to pilot […]
HAI Strives for Wider Reach with Safety Programs
At Heli-Expo 2022, the Helicopter Association International HAI and the Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) will strive to implement affordable safety programs. Read this AIN article for details. HAI is progressing on a number of initiatives—from safety management systems (SMS) to aviation safety action plans (ASAP)—as it works with industry partners to raise the bar for […]
Avoiding Part 134.5
How to not end up in an illegal air charter conundrum It is a fact: illegally conducted air charter activities hurt our entire industry. Companies that engage in air charter operations that are not certificated by the FAA, or are outside of the scope of their certificates, often also skimp on pilot, cabin crew and […]
Signature Flight Support Cultivates Diverse Future of Aviation Industry With Launch of RedTail Flight Academy Relationship
Signature Flight Support, the world’s largest network of Fixed-Base Operations (FBO), including at Stewart Int’l Airport (SWF) in New Windsor, New York, is helping to foster pilot training opportunities for aspiring underserved minority aviators through its new relationship with the RedTail Flight Academy (RFA), recently launched by the local Tuskegee Airmen chapter. “We’re proud to help the […]
ASAP Reports Significantly Benefit Operations
Pilots, maintenance technicians, and most other aviation workers are fully aware that the safety of aviation operations depends on their day-today efforts. But doing the right thing that will keep you, your colleagues, and your customers safe—minute-by minute, throughout each day—isn’t always easy. Human beings make mistakes; we forget; we interpret a supervisor’s direction differently […]
HAI Offering New, Lower-cost SMS Program
On Monday at NBAA-BACE, the Helicopter Association International (HAI, Booth 3830) announced a safety management system (SMS) software program designed for small operators and others with cost concerns. The HAI SMS program meets the requirements set forth in the NTSB “Most Wanted List” proposal for operators that carry passengers. It is also available to member companies that […]
ACSF Updates its Industry Audit Standard to Comply with new SMS Regulations
L.J. Aviation is first to complete the new IAS Audit registration to comply with new FAR Part 5 and ICAO Annex 19 New aviation safety regulations indicate that, by the end of 2022, air charter companies must initiate a safety management system (SMS) appropriate to the size, scope and complexity of the companies’ operations. To […]
ACSF Supports Study to Analyse Pilot Landing Behaviour
Conducted by the Presage Group on behalf of the Citation Jet Pilots Safety and Education Foundation (CJP Foundation), a new study will analyse go-around decisions. It is the first of its kind for single pilot operations. The Air Charter Safety Foundation, a non-profit membership organisation devoted to advancing aviation safety, is financially supporting a study […]
