Polaris Aero Makes Flight Planning Easier and Flying Safer
FlightRisk consolidates and analyzes thousands of pieces of data in order to find the information that is most applicable to pilots.

Polaris Aero (Booth C11035) offers two Web-based safety products for aviation: FlightRisk, a risk-assessment tool primarily for pilots and flight dispatchers, and Vector SMS, a safety and quality management system, to help users achieve the highest level of safety and improve the effectiveness of their organizations. The Scottsdale, Ariz.-based company was founded in 2007 by two former U. S. Air Force pilots.

From their experience as military and civil pilots, Chris Conner, Polaris Aero CEO, and Trent Fox, COO, found that the flight-risk assessment tools they had used (risk matrices and hazard scoring systems) relied heavily on pilots’ perceptions of risk and provided only a numerical value to indicate how risky a flight might be, but gave little help in identifying how the actual risks could be mitigated or avoided.