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CharterX, Wyvern Unveil Pilot & Aircraft Safety Survey

Ensures Federal Safety Standards Are Met Before Corporate Flights

Aero-News has learned the first major new product to come out of last year’s merger between CharterX and Wyvern Consulting Ltd. was unveiled Tuesday, at the Corporate Aviation Safety Seminar (CASS) in Tucson, AZ. The event is hosted by the Flight Safety Foundation and the National Business Aviation Association.

The Pilot & Aircraft Safety Survey (PASS) program enables air charter passengers, brokers and operators to ensure that each and every flight meets existing or specified standards of safe operations as it relates to operators, aircraft and their crews. A PASS certifies that a flight is in legal compliance and that it meets upcoming Department of Transportation rulemaking regarding full preflight disclosure of a FAR Part 135 operator; operational control, doing business as (DBA); and broker/arranger relationships is disclosed. PASS is now available as a beta release on the CharterX Industry XChange.

"Private aviation, specifically the air charter segment of general aviation is growing," says Jim Betlyon, CharterX founder and CEO. "Providing safety intelligence on the operator, aircraft and crew assigned to each trip, the PASS system assures each party involved that they are booking a safe and compliant flight. The business and leisure traveler, entities arranging the air transportation and the government, are requiring assurances that a service provider is safe, legal and dependable."

The merits of the PASS system lie in the data collected on each operator; operators’ aircraft and pilot-record data is maintained. Each evening, the PASS system queries an array of federal data sources for updated information. Data not available through such sources is obtained directly from charter operators on a regular basis. The PASS safety-check engine evaluates the operator, aircraft and crew against a specified safety standard. For instance, the pilot check verifies that the assigned pilot is fully certificated; it ensures that each pilot is properly type rated in the assigned aircraft, and that each pilot has met flight time requirements in aircraft type and has current medical and training records. The resulting PASS report clearly displays which safety standard was used to perform the evaluation, as well as complete compliance disclosure.

Users of the PASS system will also have the option of using The Wyvern Standard as the safety benchmark. This rigorous standard, developed over the past 16 years with the input and cooperation of Fortune 500 flight departments, measures operators against safety standards that far exceed minimums required by the Federal Aviation Administration. In the company’s 16-year history, Wyvern has maintained a zero fatality record on all Wyvern-compliant flights for Part 135, domestically and internationally, and has performed more than 1,600 on-site charter audits worldwide. The company operates as an independent, unbiased safety evaluations entity, providing operator, aircraft and crew analysis and consulting services.

Charter operators worldwide use the CharterX Industry XChange to distribute information about their fleets, availability and pricing. Thousands of charter brokers, operators, fractional-share operators, flight departments, corporations, travel agencies and individuals use the system as their primary tool for locating lift. CharterX’s network processes more than 3,000 aircraft requests each day; its database has more than 15,000 aircraft worldwide, with an average of 3,000 aircraft available and 1,700 empty leg (one-way) flight segments updated daily.

CharterX acquired Wyvern, the global leader in aviation safety in June 2006. The companies have since integrated and have created the premier platform for "Aviation Safety Intelligence."

FMI: www.charterx.com, www.wyvernltd.com, See An Example Of A PASS Report (.pdf)

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