Spurred by the popularity of Bombardier’s blockbuster annual standdown in Wichita, safety stand- downs are becoming regional one- day events. The Greater Washington Business Aviation Association recently hosted its own one-day safety and security standdown at Signature Flight Support’s FBO at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
These business aviation-focused safety meetings aren’t a reaction to a dire series of occurrences, as is sometimes the case with military-oriented standdowns. “First of all, the sky is not falling,” said Bob Agostino, Bombardier director of flight operations, creator of that company’s annual standdown and speaker at the Washington event. Professionally flown corporate aircraft have a safety record as good as or better than that of the airlines, he said, and airlines have reached a Six Sigma level of safety, which equates to not more than 3.4 defects per million.
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