You’re Responsible for That Too: Managing Third-Party Risk in Business Aviation

In business aviation, operators often have a vast network of third-party vendors, most of whom touch on the operator’s own safety and compliance. How can you manage risk that you’re responsible for, but don’t have direct control over? It’s one of the most persistent challenges in the industry, and nobody has fully solved it. What […]
ASAP Case Studies for May 2026

TCAS TA/RA – Traffic Approaching the NYC metropolitan area to land at the 34th St Helipad (6N5), we followed the Harlem helicopter route as cleared by LaGuardia (LGA) Tower. Near the Class B airspace limit at1,000 feet, LGA Tower advised us of a helicopter maneuvering over the Manhattan Bridge, thenreleased us to the East River […]
ASAP Case Studies for April 2026

Security Issue – Customs Upon arrival in Las Vegas at [FBO name], the flight was required to clear Customs. The crew was supposed to keep the aircraft door closed until a customs officer arrived and granted permission to open it. The captain, [name], unintentionally opened the aircraft door, treating the arrival as a normal domestic […]
ASAP Case Studies for March 2026

Aircraft Damage/Encounter – Aircraft Configuration After completing the oral knowledge evaluation of [name] under observation by FAA POI, we notified line service at KTEB that we were ready to depart. They informed us that they needed to move the aircraft to a different location due to the new procedures on the ramp. Once the aircraft […]