Wyvern continues to find market acceptance with its Flight Leader collaborative safety program. Flight Leader enables operators to maintain Wyvern Wingman certification status without onsite audits and provides safety management system (SMS) software and expert coaching with a focus on human factors and organizational culture.
The program revolves around 90-day collaborative virtual visits between a Wyvern safety veteran and each operator’s safety team to ensure both compliance with the Wyvern standard and alignment with industry best practices. The Flight Leader Certificate is the pinnacle of achievement in the program.
Since its inception in 2020, more than 60 operators have joined the program, including California-based Sun Air Jets. Sun Air provides aircraft management, maintenance, hangar storage, Part 135 charter, and Part 145 maintenance for a diverse fleet that includes aircraft from Gulfstream, Bombardier, Embraer, Cessna, and Beechcraft based at Van Nuys (KVNY) and Camarillo (KCMA) airports. It recently became Wyvern’s first Certified Flight Leader.
“A Flight Leader inspires other Wingman operators to reach higher and attain new levels of excellence,” said Wyvern CEO Sonnie Bates. “Sun Air Jets’ recognition as a Certified Flight Leader is proof that their leadership is focused on their organization’s safety culture and the key human factors that matter most in aviation safety.”
“The benefits of engaging in the program are immeasurable,” said Sun Air Jets COO Steve Maloney. “Not only does the program’s 90-day sortie continuous assessment structure revolutionize the external audit business, but it also keeps us consistently accountable and up to date with the industry’s most recent aviation safety trends.”
“With the collaboration with partners such as Sun Air Jets, we have ensured that the Flight Leader program focuses on what matters—continuous improvement of each operator’s safety system,” said Andrew Day, Wyvern senior v-p, operations.