Cooperation within the worldwide aviation community has been a critical element in maintaining safety in air carrier operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, aviation safety specialists told Flight Safety Foundation’s International Air Safety Summit (IASS) this week.
“If there’s anything we have learned over the last six or seven months, … it’s that the more we talk, the more we share best practices, the better off we are,” said Ali Bahrami, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) associate administrator for aviation safety.
Bahrami made the remarks during the 73rd annual IASS, which will continue through Oct. 22 with sessions conducted virtually because of the pandemic.
Mark Searle, global director of safety for the International Air Transport Association (IATA) ─ a member, along with Bahrami and Tay Tiang Guan, deputy director-general of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), of an IASS panel on COVID-19’s challenges t…
