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ACSF Safety Symposium Puts Focus on Leadership

The 2020 ACSF Symposium comes a day after NTSB held a panel discussion on Part 135 safety and will host chairman Sumwalt to discuss its Most Wanted list.

Jim Spigener, chief client officer with Dekra, presented a session on how leadership can lead to "world-class safety" at the Air Charter Safety Foundation's 2020 Air Charter Safety Symposium. (Photo: Kerry Lynch/AIN)

By Kerry Lynch • Editor, AIN monthly magazine

March 3, 2020

The Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) kicked off its 2020 Air Charter Safety Symposium this morning with more than 130 registrants and a theme of “Promoting the Highest Levels of Aviation Safety.” Being held at the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Training Center in Ashburn, Virginia, the event came a day after the Safety Board held a panel discussion with industry leaders about improving Part 135 safety, which is on the agency’s list of “Most Wanted” safety improvements. NTSB chairman Robert Sumwalt will follow that meeting with a discussion tomorrow during the safety symposium with why Part 135 safety is on the list and what it will take to get it removed.

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