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Safety Standdown Opens with Call To Share Responsibility

Leaders mark 29 years of the event with call to learn, apply, and share safety culture

Franco Pietracupa, Demonstration Pilot and Captain, Bombardier, gives opening remarks at Bombardier Safety Standdown 2025 — Franco Pietracupa, demonstration pilot and captain, Bombardier, gives opening remarks at the Bombardier Safety Standdown 2025. © Screenshot from Safety Standdown webcast

By Amy Wilder • Writer

November 11, 2025

In its 29th year, Bombardier’s Safety Standdown opened today in Wichita with a clear message: aviation safety is everyone’s responsibility. The 2025 event, themed “Own the Outcome,” convened with more than 400 attendees in person and many more via webcast for three days of training on accountability, leadership, and safety culture.

Master of ceremonies Franco Pietracupa, Bombardier demonstration pilot whose team manages the Safety Standdown program, welcomed participants with humor and gratitude. He greeted the audience, noting that the first Safety Standdown in 1996 drew just eight participants. He said more than 12,000 participants have attended in person over the event’s 29 years, amounting to “72,000 days where we get together and we talk safety.”

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