Introducing our 2024 Advisory Council
31 janvier, 2024
The Safety Standdown team is ecstatic to introduce the new council members and changes to the 2024 Advisory Council.
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The Unseen Aspect of Aviation Safety: Prioritising Crew Mental Health
28 septembre, 2023
"It's becoming increasingly clear that our understanding of safety needs to evolve. The focus is shifting from merely physical well-being to a more holistic approach that includes mental health."
This Year’s Bombardier Safety Standdown May be the Most Important One in the Last 25 Years
24 août, 2023
"You know you are old when you’re prepping for an annual event you have done continuously for over two and a half decades. Yet each year as the dog days of summer bear down on me, I begin to prepare in earnest for what is a truly unique event, the one I most enjoy doing, the annual Bombardier Safety Standdown."...
Ease of Access, the Next Chapter of Aviation Safety
10 août, 2023
Tim Wade, Director of Environmental, Health, and Safety at Flexjet, breaks down what aviation safety should look like in a modern world.
Cultivating Intangible Value Through Safety
29 juin, 2023
Chris Milligan, Bombardier’s VP of Pre-owned Aircraft Services, understands the important perspectives associated with decision making. His following article discusses the effects of Intangible Value and how the unseen elements of organizations shape the foundation....
The Journey Toward a Safety Culture for Over 25 years
09 mai, 2023
What is Safety Culture? Where are we in this journey toward our Safety Culture? Are we really on our way there? Etienne Cote discusses the meaning of Safety Culture and the commitment aviation professionals must have to safety to build a better future....
Safety Standdown Insight
28 juillet, 2022
Interested in finding out more about Bombardier’s Safety Standdown? We checked in with recent workshop presenter, Jermaine Cadogan, to get his take on this very important safety event.
Achieving Greatness
01 juin, 2022
One of my favorite quotes that I use in my talks is from Vince Lombardi: “We will be relentless in our pursuit for perfection. We won’t ever be perfect but in the process, we will achieve greatness.
Learn, Apply, SHARE - The Importance of Effective Communication
28 septembre, 2021
In our operation, most of the voluntary safety reports we receive describe a minor event that did not result in a safety incident, but potentially could have under different circumstances. Through these reports and the subsequent investigations, we seek to identify and address potential hazards....
Teamwork: the key to a safe operating environment
10 août, 2021
Teamwork is absolutely essential in establishing a safe operating environment in all facets of aviation – and while often overlooked, flight dispatch teams certainly play a pivotal role. Here’s an example that illustrates just how close team interactions can create a positive result and work to establish a more cohesiv...
IFR Logbook: Another Column
21 juillet, 2021
Instrument training, Practical Test evaluation, most instrument flight rule (IFR) practice and the Federal Aviation Administration’s requirements for recency of experience are measured primarily in getting the airplane down from altitude. There’s very little focus on proficiency for making a takeoff and departure in IM...
In search of an objective quantitative framework to assess fitness for duty
18 octobre, 2019
When we are fatigued we are impaired. Our reactions are slowed, and we experience lapses of attention, become impulsive, lose situational awareness, and become prone to distraction. The greater the level of fatigue, the worse the impairment. NTSB and NASA sources estimate that fatigue is a factor in one in five aviati...
Are you coming to Safety Standdown in 2019? Here’s how to maximize your experience!
12 septembre, 2019
When I first attended Safety Standdown on its 10th anniversary in 2006, the theme was “War on Error,” akin to its early roots of the teachings of Dr. Tony Kern and Convergent Performance.
The path to leadership and elevating your standards
30 août, 2019
In aviation and similarly specialized fields, we often promote people on measures that heavily weigh technical performance. For instance, experience as a maintainer might lead to a role as supervisor or eventually to a position as the Director of Maintenance. Experienced aviator? ...
When good just isn’t enough
13 août, 2019
When I think about this year’s Safety Standdown theme of “Elevate Your Standards,” I am reminded of Captain Eugene Cernan. I met Gene in 2004 at my first Safety Standdown, and I have to admit, I was a little awestruck. My heroes were there in force. Wally Schirra, Bob Hoover and Gene were sitting in the Captain’s Quart...
Hypoxia: What Pilots Need to Know
06 août, 2019
Ask any Pilot about the procedure for a rapid depressurization at altitude…You will get the same response every time. PUT ON YOUR MASK! But what about a slow or insidious depressurization?
Elevate Your Standards in Aircraft Maintenance
20 juin, 2019
Standards can be defined as, “A measure of quality or attainment.” Quality is a very important measure when it comes to aircraft maintenance. Our standards provide us with a foundation for our actions. If we have low standards in aircraft maintenance it will show up in low dispatch reliability, high incident/acciden...
Winds of change: our standards when it comes to weather
10 mai, 2019
I believe I speak for everyone in the Midwest when I say, “Welcome back spring!” The 2018-2019 winter season seemed like it would never end and judging by the discussions I had with colleagues throughout North America, this sentiment was a common one....
From the line, for the line FR
17 juillet, 2018
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Criminalization in Aviation FR
17 juillet, 2018
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Brought to You by the letter "C" FR
01 juin, 2018
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Did I something? FR
17 avril, 2017
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