Ninety-one audits were conducted in 19 countries last year under the auspices of Flight Safety Foundation’s Basic Aviation Risk Standard (BARS) Program, bringing to 252 the number of audits conducted or planned in 29 countries since BARS was launched in 2010, according to data provided by the BARS program office in Melbourne, Australia.
The 2013 audits resulted in 44 P1 (highest priority) findings, 1,381 P2 findings and 140 P3 findings, and the average closure rate was 98 percent for P1, 92 percent for P2 and 45 percent for the P3 findings, which are recommendations for improvement only. The BARS program office published 87 initial audit reports and 85 final audit reports. Seventeen operators achieved “gold” status and 16 achieved the new “silver” status, which was introduced in 2013.
The silver level recognizes aircraft operators that have maintained continuous registration for two years and have closed out all of their findings by the originally planned due date. “The i…
