The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has released a new training aid designed to reduce approach-and-landing accidents, for its members.

Produced for NBAA Members in partnership with the Flight Safety Foundation (FSF), the NBAA 90-minute, interactive tool, customizes the FSF's ALAR (approach-and-landing accident reduction) Tool Kit materials for business aviation users.  NBAA's training aid uses select publications and presentations found in the FSF Tool Kit, and augments them with newly developed visual aids and a discussion leader's guide.

According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), 50 percent of air transport accidents occur during approach and landing.  NBAA maintains that although business aviation has compiled an excellent safety record, "even one accident is too many."

In addition to this aid, NBAA provides a number of other accident-prevention resources to its members, and supports the International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO).  It also plays a leading role in the Corporate Aviation Safety Seminar (CASS), co-sponsored by NBAA and FSF annually, and the Safety Standdown, which it holds each fall in partnership with the FAA and Bombardier Aerospace.

The Training Aid will be automatically sent to new operating members as they join NBAA and to existing members after they renew membership.  A CD version also will be included in the course materials for those registered at select NBAA safety-training events.  Non-Members can purchase the CD for $200 per copy by contacting NBAA at (202) 783-9286 or publications@nbaa.org.  04-13-2007.

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