Safety
GA Industry Teams with FAA on National Safety Pause
Orgs appeal to pilots to take time to review safety information
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Sun ‘N Fun served as the launch platform for the FAA/industry “2025 National Pause for General Aviation Safety.”

Eighteen business and general aviation organizations are collaborating with the FAA on a “2025 National Pause for General Aviation Safety.” Launched on Tuesday during the Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo, the initiative is designed to encourage general aviation pilots to take as little as 15 minutes and up to an hour within the next six months to sharpen their focus on safe flight operations by reviewing a video, article, or other information housed on the website GAsafe.org, which contains dozens of links to safety content.

In an open letter to pilots, backers of the initiative noted that improvements in technology, training, and focus on safety have helped with the decline of general aviation accidents over the past 30 years. During that period, the general aviation fatal accident rate has fallen 60% from 1.73 fatal accidents per 100,000 flight hours in 1994 to 0.68 fatal accidents per 100,000 flight hours in 2023, organizations pointed out.