Basic Airport Safety and Operations Specialist (ASOS) Programs Held In Chicago, Advanced In Memphis

The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) and the FAA will present the Basic Airport Safety and Operations Specialist (ASOS) School June 27-30 in Chicago, Illinois.

ASOS schools specifically are tailored for airport personnel responsible for conducting and maintaining the self-inspection programs of public-use and military shared-use airfields throughout the United States. They have become a regular/recurring training program for operations personnel. More than 8,000 public-use and DOD/military airport operations and safety personnel have attended these schools since 1990.

Over the past 18 months, there have been several proposed or implemented changes to key FAA Advisory Circulars affecting compliance with FAR Part 139. Learn about these changes and discuss the rationale for them with FAA officials. The Basic ASOS School will outline how airports can take proactive steps to implement these new practices and clarify any issues during the transition.

The faculty will include FAA headquarters and regional personnel, officials from the airport community, airline pilots and others knowledgeable of airport operations and safety matters. This school is one of several options available to airport operators to comply with 139.303 (c-e). These professional ASOS schools also provide a networking platform for airport operators to meet and exchange ideas to continue to make our nation’s airports safer and operationally efficient.

All sessions will take place at the Embassy Suites O’Hare/Rosemont. Sessions will begin each day at 8 a.m. on Monday, June 28, and end at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 30. Registration fees include the welcome reception, three continental breakfasts, three lunches, coffee breaks and all handouts. Dress is business casual (no ties). Confirmation letters will be e-mailed to attendees.

In addition, an Advanced ASOS School tentatively is scheduled for October 17-20, 2010, in Memphis, Tennessee. Once hotel details have been finalized, registration information for these schools will be available approximately three months prior to the meeting dates. The Basic ASOS Schools will last three full days, while the Advanced ASOS School will last two and one half days.

FMI: www.faa.gov, www.aaae.org/