Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) chairman Todd Weeber underscored the evolution of safety culture in aviation, noting at the kickoff of the ACSF Safety Symposium on Monday that what has once been looked at as a cost line item is now part of the fabric of how they conduct business. Weeber, who is COO of Magellan Jets, said, “We had to go fight for training, we had to fight for stuff,” but now, he told attendees, “you are at the epicenter of excellent behavior.”
The symposium, which runs through Wednesday, features nearly a dozen sessions on various aspects of aviation safety from managing the C-Suite to pilot mental health, as well as a presentation from Gen. (Ret.) Lloyd “Fig” Newton on developing a sustainable aviation safety culture. This year’s event also held a panel on breaking into business aviation for students at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, host of the event.
