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The Meaning Of Aircraft Charter Safety Ratings
When selecting an aircraft charter service, it's important to figure out if the charter company you are considering meets the optimum safety requirements possible.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) conducts an extensive certification process before ever granting a jet charter provider the authority to fly the general public. In addition, the Faa provides continual oversight of the operator during annual base inspections, in conformity inspections to add new aircraft to the certificate, and in the course of semi-annual assessments of the pilots. Most charter operators try to reach a higher safety standard than that regulated by the FAA. By way of example, the FAA requires that captains have 1200 hours of flight experience. Nearly all operators have a minimum standard of 2500 hours and the best providers require somewhere around 5000 hours of experience.

A number of institutions have designed industry-wide safety standards for aircraft charter providers to help unify these standards. They are ARG/US (Aviation Research Group/US), Wyvern, the Air Charter Safety Foundation and also IBAC (International Business Aviation Council).

ARG/US is perhaps the most well-known of the aviation safety standards institutions. They rate charter businesses under the following categories; DNQ (does not qualify), Gold, Gold Plus and also Platinum. A Gold operator meets the basic ARG/US safety standards. The Gold Plus designation is assigned to an operator that meets the basic criteria and also has participated in either an ARG/US audit of its operations and procedures or else has received IS-BAO registration. The Platinum designation is awarded to those providers that satisfy the basic safety standards, pass the on-site audit and in addition have both a Safety Management System along with an Emergency Response Plan in place.

Wyvern has long been respected in the charter market for its high standards. The Wyvern Standard includes such requirements for the pilots as at least 4000 hours of flight experience with certain other flight time requirements connected to time in type of aircraft. Wyvern publishes the Pilot and Aircraft Safety Survey (PASS) document on request which indicates whether the operator, crew and aircraft you have decided on meet either a basic safety standard or meet the Wyvern Standard. Those operators who pass Wyvern's demanding audit procedures become Wyvern "recommended". The phrase "recommended" is the only phrase that signifies the aircraft charter operator has met Wyvern's greater standard.

The Air Charter Safety Foundation strives to promote safety standardization throughout the charter industry. The ACSF Industry Audit Standard was produced with the input and guidance of leading safety auditors, charter providers, shared aircraft ownership providers and charter consumers.

One standard encompasses worldwide aircraft charter standards - the IS-BAO, which stands for International Standard of Business Aircraft Operations. This code of the best practices was introduced by the International Business Aviation Council and has been widely adopted as the gold standard for company aircraft operations. It has been endorsed by the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) and also multinational organizations worldwide. Audits are not offered by the organization, but rather by impartial, third party auditors that are certificated by the International Business Aviation Council (IBAC).

Be sure that the aircraft charter operator you happen to be thinking about meets at least one, if not more, of these standards.

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