There are thousands of personal, corporate and commercial helicopter operators but only a few ways to discern which operators are safer than another. Every operator must meet the “minimum level of safety” established by their regulatory authority, but not every operator has adopted policies and procedures to assure their employees and customers that they conduct business to a higher level of safety. The HAI-APS Accreditation Program allows an operator to demonstrate, to an independent third party auditor, that not only do they incorporate minimum State regulatory standards for a given operation, but:
- Meet or exceed a recognized international helicopter standard
- Have adopted industry best practices in 1 or more of 14 unique HAI-APS mission specialties
- Have enhanced operational safety through predictive and proactive methods
- Have an improved, or Just, safety culture
- Have improved efficiency through effective Safety Management Systems
- Have an enhanced ability to measure safety performance
- And have executive level participation on aircraft maintenance and operations
By being HAI-APS accredited, operators can set themselves apart from their competition and foster a safer helicopter industry.