Offer 17 Hours Of Free Online Training Sessions
On Friday, the AOPA Air
Safety Foundation unveiled its ASF SafetyCast series of web-based
General Aviation (GA) safety seminars. A first in aviation safety
training, AOPA says the 17 hours of free webcasts bring the
benefits of ASF’s acclaimed live safety training sessions
covering a range of vital flying topics to all pilots worldwide, 24
hours a day.
"No longer do pilots have to physically be near the location
where we present our live seminars, or even in the same time zone,"
said AOPA Air Safety Foundation Executive Director Bruce Landsberg.
"ASF SafetyCast webcasts put pilots in the seminar room virtually
where they can see and hear the course materials, the give-and-take
between the presenters and the audience, and even the camaraderie
between the pilots sharing their love of flying and commitment to
safety. This is the aviation equivalent of an online Ivy League
education with the best professors at the best universities and
making it available free to anyone. Even better, the webcasts will
lead pilots to explore the material in greater detail either by
attending a live seminar or through the library of interactive
courses at the ASF Online Safety Center. This is a significant step
forward for connecting pilots to essential safety information that
can and does improve aviation safety and save lives."
Funded entirely by a grant from Hartford, CT-based United
Technologies Corp., the ASF SafetyCast webcast series uses
professionally produced video and audio recordings of live seminars
as presented at AOPA Expo in October 2007. Presenters include
recognized GA experts including aviation author and humorist Rod
Machado (shown below), ASF Executive Director Bruce Landsberg, AOPA
Medical Certification Services Director Gary Crump and AOPA General
Counsel John Yodice.
The ASF SafetyCast webcasts serve as introductions to the
Foundation's live seminars, and to the extensive array of
additional online training courses available from the ASF.
Premiering during the week marking the Air Safety
Foundation’s 57th anniversary, the ASF SafetyCasts expand the
Foundation’s long-standing tradition of researching problem
areas, and then funding the production and distribution of
high-quality training materials through pilot and industry
donations. Most ASF programs are available free of charge to all
pilots and to the public.
The AOPA Air Safety Foundation’s interactive
internet-based training courses continue strong increases in usage,
now with nearly 17,000 courses taken every month. Live seminars
also are highly popular with private and professional pilots and
flight instructors. However, live seminars typically are limited to
attendance by pilots close to the seminar location.
A full list of available seminars (and AOPA says more are on the
way) is available on the ASF website.
The AOPA Air Safety Foundation, the world’s largest
non-profit GA safety organization, was founded in 1950 with the
sole mission of helping general aviation pilots improve flight
safety. Since that time, the GA total accident rate has dropped by
more than 85 percent despite a large increase in GA flight
hours. ASF produces live seminars, online interactive
courses, training DVDs, written Safety Advisors and other aviation
safety materials for free distribution to all GA pilots.
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