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ACSF Safety Summit Opens with Tackling Daily Challenges

Safety culture comes into focus

Air Charter Safety Foundation president Debi Carpenter — Air Charter Safety Foundation president Debi Carpenter opens the Air Charter Safety Foundation Safety Summit for the first time as president of the organization. © Kerry Lynch/AIN

By Kerry Lynch • Editor, AIN monthly magazine

April 8, 2026

The Air Charter Safety Foundation’s (ACSF) annual Safety Symposium opened today with an immersive approach involving a scenario-driven program focused on challenges confronting operators. This marks the event’s fifth consecutive year at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s (ERAU) Daytona Beach, Florida campus.

The ACSF program, themed “A Day in the Life—The Aviation Reality Show,” also marks the first time that Debi Carpenter has opened the event as president of the organization. Carpenter, who joined ACSF in 2023, took over as president last year after Bryan Burns retired.

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