The Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) staff met with members of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Tuesday, March 16,2010, to give a briefing on the various initiatives the ACSF has undertaken in recent years. Among the NTSB staff was Chairman Deborah Hersman, Vice-Chairman Robert Sumwalt and Vice-Chairman Christopher Hart. The meeting provided NTSB staff with an overview of the mission and goals of the ACSF for enhancing safety and security in the on-demand charter community.
The presentation highlighted products and services offered by the ACSF: the Industry Audit Standard (IAS), the only comprehensive audit program for Part135 and 91K operators that evaluates both regulatory compliance and Safety Management System (SMS); the Aviation Safety Information System (AVSiS), a robust software for reporting, tracking and responding to safety occurrences; and SMS resources published by the ACSF and made available to the public on the ACSF Web site at www.acsf.aero/sms.
A mission of the ACSF is to advance industry standards and provide accurate and objective information regarding the charter industry. This briefing to the NTSB was made in an effort to bring awareness to steps being taken to provide services, accurate safety information and education to the charter community, government entities and the traveling public in order to promote safety and security best practices.
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