Safety
Jet Linx Pauses Operations for 10th Annual Safety Summit
Charter operator closes for one day each year to promote safety practices
Jamie Walker, executive chairman, Jet Linx
Jet Linx executive chairman Jamie Walker addresses employees during the charter operator’s 10th Annual Safety Summit.

Jet Linx stood down operations yesterday, as it has one day every year for the past 10 years, for its 10th annual safety summit. The company’s 500 employees participated in the summit, according to Jet Linx, “Not because they had to, but because they chose to in an effort to proactively surface any areas where they could improve.”

Keynote speaker Barry Ellis, president of Hop-A-Jet Worldwide Jet Charter, shared lessons learned from the company’s February 2024 Bombardier Challenger 604 dual-engine failure accident. The NTSB cited undetected engine corrosion as the cause, even though regular maintenance was accomplished. A maintenance event performed 25 days before the accident found the engines to be airworthy, and 33 successful flights were conducted in the interim period.

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