Bombardier Business Aircraft announced that its 19th annual Safety Standdown U.S.A. will take place from October 6 to 8 at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Wichita. The program is free and open to all pilots, crewmembers, maintenance technicians and managers on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration opened yesterday, but space is limited. The event will also be webcast.
Safety Standdown 2015 will continue to tackle the risk posed to aviation safety by everyday distractions. This year's focus will be on the practical applications of attention control techniques, building on the theoretical human factors training provided at last year’s Safety Standdown.
“Distraction is considered to be one of the most serious threats to aviation safety by the NTSB,” said Safety Standdown expert Captain Al Gorthy, United States Navy (Ret.). “This year, Safety Standdown will show aviation professionals how to recognize sources of distraction and ways of disconnecting from them to avoid negative impacts on safe operations.”
During this year's seminar, Bombardier will pay special tribute to decorated U.S. Navy aviator and former NASA astronaut Captain Eugene Cernan, who has served on the Safety Standdown advisory council and as the program’s ambassador for more than a decade. Although Cernan remains personally committed to the elimination of human errors in the cockpit, “The time has come for him to move on from his long tenure in support of Bombardier’s Safety Standdown and pursue other means of reminding all pilots that ‘good is never good enough in our world of aviation.’”
