Chad is the editor of AINalerts, AIN's daily business aviation newsletter, and is also the news editor at AIN Media Group.&nbsp;He has been writing about aviation, with an emphasis on business aviation, since 1994. Chad started his writing career at The Avion,&nbsp;the&nbsp;student newspaper at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, serving as editor-in-chief before graduating with a bachelor's in aeronautical science. After a stint as managing editor at Professional Pilot&nbsp;magazine, he joined&nbsp;AIN in late 1998. Chad holds a commercial pilot certificated with instrument and multi-engine ratings, and he also is a CFI/CFII. He lives and works from his home in Venice, Florida.

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The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) has launched the Supplemental Safety Training Program as a means to rapidly respond to urgent industry safety issues. The first course, developed for FBOs, addresses the risk of jet fuel contamination with diesel exhaust fluid (DEF). This follows a <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aerospace/2017-11-30/faa-issues-fuel-contamination-warning">jet-A contamination incident</a> in Omaha, Nebraska, in November.

 


This program, available free to all aviation businesses, provides background information on DEF, identifying possible risk contamination pathways and mitigation steps. “NATA is first and foremost committed to providing its members every possible safety enhancing tool. This new responsive resource was made possible by the hard work and dedication of the NATA Safety Committee and establishes a framework to quickly address future industry safety concerns,” said NATA president Martin Hiller.

 


Companies not currently participating in NATA’s Safety 1st program need to <a href="mailto:safety1st@nata.aero?subject=DEP%20fuel%20contamination%20course">contact the association</a> to access the free Supplemental Safety Training course. This new program complements NATA’s <a href="http://www.nata.aero/enewsletterpro/t.aspx?S=2&amp;ID=2586&amp;NL=20&amp;N=3204&amp;SI=40306&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fnata.aero%2fEducation-and-Training%2fMisfueling-Prevention-Program.aspx">General Aviation Misfueling Prevention</a> awareness program, which has been completed by more than 7,000 aviation professionals to date.

News and developments about aviation fuel, including jet fuel, aviation gasoline, and biofuel.

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New developments at airports including regulations and noise issues; legal disputes; openings, acquisitions and mergers.

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