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Of company employees traveling on board business aircraft, only 14 percent were top management. (Louis Harris Poll, 1997)
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Safety First
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulates all charter private aircraft charter operators to strict standards concerning pilot training, aircraft maintenance and operational safety.
As an added measure, BidQwest Aviation uses the industry-leading ARG/US third party audit system
to provide a safety analysis of your selected operator.
Our unique certification process confirms that we deal only with the most highly qualified professionals and operators.
Above all else, BidQwest Aviation, Inc. is committed to safety.
BidQwest subscribes to the ARG/US Cheq Online program. Listed below is an explination of the ratings associated with each Cheq that BidQwest performs for each and every charter request.
ARG/US Safety Ratings
The CHEQ scoring method was developed and refined with the help of noted aviation data analysis expert Dr. James T. Luxhøj, Ph.D. This rate-based scoring method is designed to provide a general peer to peer comparison of the relative safety histories of like-sized operators based on available data.
DNQ Rating - An ARG/US rating of DNQ, or Does Not Qualify, can result from three areas: A poor historical safety rating based on the data collected an analyzed, a significant safety issue with a pilot or aircraft operated, or a failure of an on-site safety audit. Most issues that cause a DNQ rating stand a good chance of being corrected over time
Silver Rating - ARG/US conducts in-depth research into multiple public databases to uncover accidents, incidents, enforcement actions, and certification data relating to the operator. Records that are located are assigned a score based on the official cause, violation, or other data on record. Older records have less impact on the score and are omitted after ten years. The total of all found records results in a Historical Safety Record score, with the higher score reflecting a greater number of negative events. Those operators with CHEQ scores better than one standard deviation from the median score for their size of operation are assigned a silver rating. Operators with the worst (highest) historical safety ratings do not qualify for the ARG/US silver rating.
Gold Rating - For those operators who provide data on the aircraft operated, and the pilots employed, ARG/US will evaluate for a Gold Rating. The Gold level is assigned to operators who meet or exceed the established ARG/US standards for equipment and crew experience. The emphasis is not only age of aircraft, but also on modern avionics, progressive maintenance, and proven safety devices such as TCAD/TCAS, FMS, and TAWS/GPWS.
Platinum Rating - The highest level of ARG/US safety ratings is awarded to those operators who meet the criteria for Silver and Gold, and successfully pass either an ARG/US on-site safety audit, or a recent Department of Defense (DoD) Air Carrier Quality and Safety inspection. The ARG/US audit is conducted identically to a DoD audit by former DoD inspectors. This is a constructive, operational and system oriented evaluation to help identify and correct potential deficiencies or safety issues.
Other Safety Organizations
QStar is a program run by the Flight Safety Foundation. Q-Star standards are based on the Foundation’s many years of experience in conducting safety audits of corporate flight departments and major airlines, and were developed with input from charter providers, business flight departments, the National Air Transportation Association and the National Business Aviation Association.
Wyvern Consulting Ltd., the world\'s largest provider of Independent Aviation Safety Evaluations, is an acknowledged industry leader in aviation safety standard setting. Wyvern examines flight operations against a robust template of expectations defined by The Wyvern Standard. The Wyvern Standard has been developed and tested with an alliance of Fortune 100 corporate aviation specialists as appropriate guidelines.
To learn more about ARG/US, Qstar or Wyvern visit our Links Page
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