Business Aviation Responds

Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at 12:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

Procedural non-compliance (PNC) is a top safety priority in business aviation, recognized by organizations like NBAA and NTSB.
PNC often stems from an erosion of professionalism, where senior crew actions can grant "permission to deviate" and lead to selective compliance.
Specific operational contexts, such as flights without passengers or urgent "pop-up" flights, create pressures that encourage crews to disregard established procedures.
Crew physiology and fatigue are critical factors that can rapidly contribute to procedural non-compliance.

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To its credit, the business aviation community has risen to meet the challenge of procedural noncompliance. I serve on the National Business Aviation Association’s (NBAA) Safety Committee and for 2015, procedural non-compliance is one of the committee’s top safety priorities. I should point out that procedural noncompliance (PNC) is also on the NTSB’s 2015 Most Wanted List.

The NBAA Safety Committee developed resources to help address the procedural non-compliance issue. They can be found on NBAA’s web site.