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AINsight: Small Operators Can Improve with Big Data
Using data proactively can enhance safety, even for smaller operators.

Last week, we built a “roadmap” to make Part 91/135 operations safer. That blog expanded on a theme first highlighted by NTSB’s Office of Aviation Safety director John DeLisi at the Bombardier Safety Standdown in October. The premise is simple: if the goal is to reduce fatal accidents in business aviation, then why not follow the roadmap laid out by the Part 121 airlines?

The basis of this plan is sound and the results are impressive; by employing a model of an integrated safety system, scheduled airlines in the U.S. have evolved into the world’s safest mode of transportation. To curb fatal accidents in business aviation, the NTSB is now pushing for a wider adoption of safety management systems (SMS) and flight data monitoring (FDM).

Stuart “Kipp” Lau
Contributor - Safety
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Pilot, safety expert, consultant, and aviation journalist Stuart “Kipp” Lau writes about flight safety and airmanship for AIN.

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