Sun, Jun 15, 2008
Program Promises To Increase Consumer Safety While Reducing
Costs For Operators
The Air Charter Safety Foundation
(ACSF) formally announced on June 11 the availability of the ACSF
Industry Audit Standard for the air charter industry.
The ACSF Industry Audit Standard was developed with the input
and guidance of leading safety auditors, charter operators, shared
aircraft ownership companies and charter consumers. The ultimate
goal of the Industry Audit Standard is for charter operators and
shared aircraft ownership management companies to complete one
comprehensive audit on a recurrent basis rather than the multiple
audits they currently complete.
The Industry Audit Standard program was built from the ground up
by ACSF to set the standard for the independent evaluation of an
air charter operator’s and/or shared ownership
company’s safety and regulatory compliance.
"Our audit standard was crafted to alleviate the substantial
costs and redundancies associated with today’s auditing
environment – where operators are subject to multiple audits
every year that consume precious resources," said ACSF President
James K. Coyne.
With the deployment of the ACSF Industry Audit Standard, the
charter consumer can be assured that audited and registered
operators are compliant with the highest standards of safety and
compliance. Participating independent auditors will be accredited
by the ACSF. Operator and customers alike can be assured of the
integrity of the program because becoming audit registered requires
the review and approval of the on-site auditor(s) recommendations
by an independent review board.
The ACSF has planned the first round of auditor training courses
for August 2008, with the first air charter operators being audited
this fall and industry-wide availability by early 2009.
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