Safety Standdown

The inherent safety of today’s corporate jets is better than it’s ever been. Advances in avionics, including TCAS, EGPWS, HUDs and EVS, are making our business transports even safer. Aircraft are designed so that no matter what happens there’s always a way out. The weak link, and the cause of most accidents, is the human element. Safety Standdown is aimed at inspiring operators to focus more on safety and to give themselves greater margins of safety in everything they do.

Situational Awareness - An editorial opinion

Knowing where you are in an airplane keeps getting easier. Enhanced (real-time) vision, synthetic (from stored maps) vision, multifunction displays, terrain avoidance, collision avoidance and pinpoint GPS nav with precision approaches are all coming soon to a toggle switch near you.