IASS 2018
In November, much of the Foundation staff and I will decamp to Seattle, Washington, for the 71st annual International Air Safety Summit (IASS 2018). The largest and oldest of the…
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Wrong Surface
The number of wrong surface departures, in which an airplane takes off from the wrong runway or a taxiway, and wrong surface events on approach and landing, in which an…
A Powerful Message
Several months ago, Enrique Beltranena, founder and CEO of Mexico’s ultra-low-cost carrier Volaris, graciously agreed to be the guest speaker at the Foundation’s 6th annual Networking Dinner and Silent Auction,…
Indicating Safety Performance
Monitoring safety performance is essential to improving safety performance, but selecting the parameters and targets to watch and report is not a simple task. In Annex 19, Safety Management, the…
President's Message, Safety Oversight
Compliance Philosophy
With fewer accidents to investigate and learn from, it is widely held that collecting and analyzing data and then sharing the information that results from that process is essential to…
Professionalism
It likely will be 12 to 15 months before the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) releases its final report into the Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 fatal accident involving an…
BASS 2018
With just about five weeks to go before the Foundation’s 63rd annual Business Aviation Safety Summit (BASS 2018) starts in Chicago, I’d like to encourage you all to register to…
Don’t Throttle Back
It has been widely reported that 2017 was commercial aviation’s safest year on record because, according to Aviation Safety Network (ASN) preliminary statistics, there were no fatal commercial passenger jet…
Looking Forward to 2018
I again want to thank all of our members, event sponsors and exhibitors, and everyone who attended one of our summits, seminars, forums or dinners in 2017, for your support.…
Success, by Any Measure
The Foundation’s 70th annual International Air Safety Summit (IASS) in Dublin was a success by any measure, attracting more than 360 attendees, 19 sponsors, 26 exhibitors and a lineup of…