Despite flight safety experts’ advocacy of data collection and sharing programs, some business aviation operators are reluctant to participate, in many cases because of concern about privacy and the security of the data, according to an informal poll conducted today during a Flight Safety Foundation webinar.
About one-quarter of respondents cited concerns about the security of the data. In addition, about 12 percent said they worried that “big brother” (a government regulator) would have access to the data. About equal numbers of respondents cited beliefs that small operators do not generate enough data, that they lacked adequate aircraft equipment or that their operator lacked a supportive safety culture.
The informal poll was conducted during the Foundation’s Virtual BASS 2020 Webinar, held in place of the long-planned annual Business Aviation Safety Summit (BASS) and presented in partnership with the National Business Aviation Association.
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