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Textron held its Flight Operations Safety Standdown on February 11, gathering more than 200 employees and industry partners to review safety protocols and operational lessons. © Textron Aviation

Textron Aviation held its 2026 Flight Operations Safety Standdown on February 11, gathering more than 200 employees and industry partners to review safety protocols and operational lessons following more than 17,500 flight hours logged in 2025.

The agenda included safety updates on flight operations with an overview of air safety investigations, a status report on the company’s design and manufacturing safety management systems, and an interactive session on pilot mental focus. Additional topics covered the relationship between pilots and air traffic control, self-reflection and learning through reporting and safety data review, pre- and post-flight briefings, and crisis management.