Bombardier Business Aircraft opened registration late last week for its 22nd annual Safety Standdown, which will be held October 30 to November 1 in Wichita. The event is open to all aviation professionals and is free of charge, the company noted, but space is limited and registration is required. Portions of the Safety Standdown will also be available via live webcast.
This year’s theme is “Normalization of Excellence,” and the goal is for Safety Standdown attendees to elevate their professionalism. “Our experts will provide the information and the tools to create a culture within your flight department where the norm is a job exceptionally well done, and gold medal performances are a daily occurrence,” Bombardier said.
Safety Standdown 2018 sessions will include a look at Part 91 and 135 safety, presented by NTSB Office of Aviation Safety director John DeLisi; mentoring and leadership, FBI senior industrial/organizational psychologist Amy Grubb; standardization, FlightSafety International executive director of advanced training programs Dann Runik; and fatigue-risk management, Pulsar Informatics CEO Dr. Daniel Mollicone. Afternoon workshops will cover OSHA, fatigue, just culture, upset prevention and recovery aerodynamics, the NTSB accident investigation process, corporate aviation security, land/water evacuation, human factors, runway excursions, safety action programs, hypoxia, avoiding bird strikes, and performance-based navigation, among others.