Business Aviation Insider
May/June 2025
In the 2025 May/June Safety Issue of Business Aviation Insider, experts reveal lessons learned from a trio of fatal business aircraft accidents, guidance for pilots on how to set and strictly adhere to personal minimums and several potentially lifesaving insights on how to survive inflight cabin fires.
Features
Business Aviation Accidents Offer Lifesaving Lessons Learned
Three deadly business aircraft crashes offer potentially lifesaving lessons learned through the eyes of NTSB aviation accident investigators and business aviation experts.
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Management Guidance for a Younger Business Aviation Workforce
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Personal Minimums: Know When to Say No
Multiple safety benefits come from setting and adhering to personal pilot minimums. Experts weigh in on the dos and don’ts surrounding this essential practice.
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Inside Southern Company’s Fleet of Aerial Intelligence Drones
Southern Company’s Aerial Services team leads a drone program to monitor infrastructure, while safely and effectively keeping the electricity flowing.
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Flight Crews Share Critical Guidance for Fighting Inflight Fires
Operators should consider bringing pilots and cabin crew together inside an aircraft to coordinate a quick, effective response to fighting inflight fires.
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NBAA Helps Outgoing Military AMTs Move to Business Aviation
NBAA’s Maintenance Committee visited military aircraft maintainers to raise awareness about business aviation and to offer planning tips for life after their military service.
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How to Cultivate Leadership Skills Early in Your Business Aviation Career
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Planning for the Unpredictable: Extreme Weather and Base Location
A growing trend of unpredictable and damaging weather is forcing some business aviation operators to reconsider where they base their aircraft, experts say.
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Due Diligence in Aircraft Sales: Do You Know Who You’re Selling To?
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Departments
President’s Perspective
Business Aviation Remains Focused on the Safety Journey
In light of recent events, many have been asking for the first time: Is it safe to fly? Statistics say yes, but rather than patting ourselves on the back, we need to roll up our sleeves.
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Flight Bag
Resources: Enhancing and Improving Safety
Because safety is a core value of NBAA’s mission, the association offers numerous proven and effective resources for maintaining safe operations.
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Capital View
Sen. Sheehy Calls for Part 23 Reform and Training Initiatives
Sen. Tim Sheehy, a pilot and combat veteran who founded an aerial firefighting and aerospace services company, wants to ensure the nation’s aviation industry remains the world’s “gold standard.”
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Regional Representation
Local, Regional Bizav Groups Prep for Safety Days
Industry leaders from around the nation share ideas on how to hold successful safety events.
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Regulatory Hot Topics
Business Aviation Operators Face New Taxes, Fees in Europe
The industry responds to a series of actions targeting business aviation throughout the European Union and United Kingdom, posing challenges, in particular, for charter operations.
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Pro Tips
3 Often Overlooked Safety Factors Impacting Single-Pilot Operations
A trio of highly experienced single-pilot operators identified some of the most overlooked factors impacting safety during single-pilot ops.
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Safety
Procedures, Culture Drive Proper Response to Ground Safety
Is your operation doing all it can to reduce risk for potentially expensive and fatal accidents on the ramp and in the hangar?
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Operations
Maintenance: 4 Ways AMTs Can Improve Fuel Efficiency
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Member Central
NBAA Workers Comp Program Pays Dividends
Exclusive benefits for NBAA members provide a high-quality, cost-effective solution to aviation workers’ compensation coverage.
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New Horizons
Electra’s CEO Is Bullish on Ultra Short Capabilities
Meet the former Boeing executive who is on a mission to transform the landscape of air transportation.
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