In written testimony submitted as part of a Senate hearing last\nweek, National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) President and CEO Ed Bolen\nnoted the business aviation community\u2019s longstanding, comprehensive approach to\naviation safety, and pointed to a new, dedicated NBAA working group focused\nspecifically on runway and surface incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are pleased to announce that NBAA is standing up a\nRunway and Surface Safety Working Group that will bring experts together across\nour committees, and across the industry, to address recent runway incidents and\nincursions,\u201d said Bolen. The formation of the group is intended to build upon\ndecades of experience acquired from the work of NBAA, its committees and the\nassociation\u2019s broader membership, in concert with government agencies and\nexperts across several professions, to maintain a holistic focus on aviation\nsafety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bolen\u2019s testimony was offered as part of the hearing, held\nby the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation\u2019s Subcommittee\non Aviation Safety, Operations and Innovation. The hearing was titled,\n\u201cAddressing Close Calls to Improve Aviation Safety.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Review Bolen\u2019s full testimony<\/a> provided to the subcommittee.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n NBAA\u2019s new Runway and Surface Safety Group adds to the\ncross-disciplinary approach the association and its members have long taken to\nglean underlying causes from accidents and apply the learnings to future\naccident avoidance. The working group will include representation from several\nstanding NBAA committees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The work to apply real-world scenarios and data toward\nsafety enhancements has resulted in the production of a host of NBAA tools that\nserve as authoritative sources on matters ranging from inflight safety to\nhangar and ground safety, to human factors and other key elements in the\naviation-safety equation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The association also produces a list of Top Safety Focus Areas<\/a> on a biennial basis and administers a Business Aviation Safety Manager Certificate Program<\/a> to operators demonstrating leadership in safety best practices on the ground and in the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In his testimony, Bolen commended government leaders with\nthe Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), National Transportation Safety Board\n(NTSB), National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) and other\nstakeholder organizations to support an industry-wide focus on safety\nvigilance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSince NBAA was founded in 1947, we have been intentional in\ndeveloping partnerships with government leaders and other stakeholders\u201d in\nprioritizing safety, Bolen said. \u201cNBAA will continue to engage with our members\nand other stakeholders to continually improve aviation safety.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In written testimony submitted as part of a Senate hearing last week, National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) President and CEO Ed Bolen noted the business aviation community\u2019s longstanding, comprehensive approach to aviation safety, and pointed to a new, dedicated NBAA working group focused specifically on runway and surface incidents. \u201cWe are pleased to announce that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27183"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27184,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27183\/revisions\/27184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}