Premium on Safety - Issue 39, 2020 - 1

PREMIUM ON SAFETY
ISSUE 39 WINTER 2021

IN THIS ISSUE

Best Practices: Aviate-Navigate-Communicate,
but what about security? 01
Safety Spotlight: Business Aviation
Fatal Accidents Rose in 2019 04
Quiz: The Ice Queen 05
Lessons Learned: When Conditions Conspire 06
ASI Message: See Something? Say Something? 08
Focus Point: Flying with Fire 09
USAIG Enhances Safety Programs for Unmanned Aircraft Policyholders 12

A MESSAGE FROM USAIG

Are You Ready for
Back to Normal?
I was on a video call recently with
co-workers who'd mostly connected
from their homes. The company
headquarters is in its eleventh month
of pandemic-induced closure to full
activity, but one participant who had
reason to trek into the office that
day thoughtfully asked if there was
anything he could get or do for anyone
while he was there. Among the few
requests raised, someone asked if
anyone had been watering the plants.
Great question!

1

The week prior, I'd participated in a
session about organizational safety
culture on NBAA's VBACE. We'd
discussed the notion that 'e-aspects'
of our modern society might be
inadvertently dampening group
culture-building skills the way overreliance on aircraft automation can
impact manual flying skills. It's that old
law of unintended consequences that
comes calling. These advances aim
to make life better. Online learning,
electronic pass-down logs, e-checklists
that automatically timestamp and
report step completion, firing up a
YouTube video to avoid bothering
a more experienced coworker
for instruction: these help us do
contd. next page

BEST PRACTICES

Aviate-Navigate-Communicate,
but what about security?
Normalizing security in corporate flight operations
BY DANIEL FOUST
An uneventful descent from FL410 brings an American business jet into the pattern
over a small Central American airfield before being vectored to short final. Landing,
taxi, and shut down, according to the pilot's checklist, were uneventful. Another safe
flight; but is it secure?
Who drove the executives and/or their families away? What security detail is
accompanying them? What security detail is in place around the aircraft and
securing the flight crew? From your pre-mission planning, how secure is the airfield,
and what types of threats does it currently face? Is there a history of security issues
at the airport or in its region?



Premium on Safety - Issue 39, 2020

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Premium on Safety - Issue 39, 2020

Contents
Premium on Safety - Issue 39, 2020 - Contents
Premium on Safety - Issue 39, 2020 - 2
Premium on Safety - Issue 39, 2020 - 3
Premium on Safety - Issue 39, 2020 - 4
Premium on Safety - Issue 39, 2020 - 5
Premium on Safety - Issue 39, 2020 - 6
Premium on Safety - Issue 39, 2020 - 7
Premium on Safety - Issue 39, 2020 - 8
Premium on Safety - Issue 39, 2020 - 9
Premium on Safety - Issue 39, 2020 - 10
Premium on Safety - Issue 39, 2020 - 11
Premium on Safety - Issue 39, 2020 - 12
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2024issue51
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2023issue50
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2023issue49
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2023issue48
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2023issue47
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2022issue46
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2022issue45
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2022issue44
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2022issue43
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2021issue42
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2021issue41
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2021issue40
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2021issue39
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2020issue38
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2020issue37
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2020issue36
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2020issue35
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2019issue34
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2019issue33
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2019issue32
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2019issue31
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2018issue30
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2018issue29
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2018issue28
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2018issue27
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2017issue26
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2017issue25
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2017issue24
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2016issue23
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2016issue22
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2016issue21
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2016issue20
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/runwaysafetyflashcard
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2015issue19
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2015issue18
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2015issue17
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2015issue16
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2014issue15
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2014issue14
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2014issue13
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2013issue12
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/premiumonsafety_2013issue11
https://www.nxtbookmedia.com