Next week the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will be holding a 2 day forum about GA safety. Titled "General Aviation Safety: Climbing to the Next Level", the forum "will address emerging safety issues in the general aviation (GA) community. The goals of the forum are: (1) to raise awareness of the GA accident rate and associated recurring safety issue areas; (2) to promote and facilitate dialogue about these issues; and (3) to determine how to effectively address these issues to improve the safety of GA operations for the future." The press release for this forum is located
here.
It looks to be an interesting forum covering a variety of topics from safety programs and pilot training through weather, maintenance and new aircraft safety technologies, with many different industry experts speaking. I will be part of the New Aircraft Design and Certification forum talking about existing and potential safety technologies. I am humbled to be a part of a forum group that includes Earl Lawrence of the FAA, Greg Bowles from GAMA, Kristine Hartzell from AOPA , and Kirk Hawkins CEO of ICON aircraft. It should be a good learning experience for everyone involved.
