Story ID: 598
ACSF's ASAP Joins USAIG Safety Initiative
By: Samantha Cartaino
Caption: USAIG’s performance vector safety initiative offers safety support for turbine aircraft operators insured by the company.
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The United States Aircraft Insurance Group (USAIG) announced that Air Charter Safety Foundation’s aviation safety action program (ASAP) is joining its performance vector safety initiative. Next year USAIG (Booth C11032) will celebrate 90 years in the insurance industry.

USAIG’s performance vector safety initiative offers safety support for turbine aircraft operators insured by the company. As part of this initiative, ASAP provides options for collecting, analyzing and proposing corrections for reported safety hazards or concerns. This makes writing reports online easier for flight department employees. A committee featuring members from FAA, ACSF and ASAP review these reports, find a solution and approve qualifying reports for the archive.

Air Charter Safety Foundation president Bryan Burns said, “We are pleased to partner with USAIG on this important safety initiative, which has a proven track record of improving safety in those organizations that embrace the ASAP philosophy of using submitted reports for the sole purpose of improving safety.”

At the same time, USAIG is celebrating 40 years of partnerships with top organizations to create posters that promote safety and security.  Starting in 2013, USAIG began printing these posters on a quarterly basis in AIN. Just last year, USAIG began producing the posters as screensavers and desktop wallpaper formats.

“We constantly seek new opportunities to reinforce critical aviation safety messages,” said USAIG president and CEO John Brogan. “Our safety posters and screensavers are available and complimentary to the public on our website. We are delighted to see many of them displayed in hangars, office, universities and flight departments as a constant reminder to keep safety top of mind.”