{"id":64800,"date":"2017-11-14T21:39:07","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T21:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/blog\/\/"},"modified":"2023-11-23T10:26:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T10:26:55","slug":"bloghow-safe-are-private-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/blog\/how-safe-are-private-jets\/","title":{"rendered":"How Safe Are Private Jets? (Through Air Charter Flight Services)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a professional aviation company, as baseball fans, and as Floridians, it was heartbreaking to hear about the private plane crash in the Gulf of Mexico that took the life of all-star pitcher Roy Halladay last week. At times like this, even people who fly on private jets regularly can wonder, how safe are private jets anyway?<strong>\u00a0<\/strong> Something that\u2019s important to distinguish here is that Halladay was piloting the plane himself, but in the context of private and professional aviation (outside what we might call \u2018small planes\u2019), reputable private jet brokers take a handful of critical steps to help ensure you land safely at your destination long before the plane takes off.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>How Safe Are Private Jets? 4 Ways Brokers Ensure Your Private Jets Are Safe<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3>1. The best jet charter brokers use their expertise to recommend safe aircraft for the mission.<\/h3>\n<p>So much more goes into finding the right plane for a trip than simply finding a plane for a trip. We want to know more than just dates and destinations. As jet charter brokers with more than 10 years of experience, we take the time to \u2018analyze\u2019 the mission first. That means in addition to availability and a client\u2019s personal needs for seating and cabin space, we\u2019re considering factors such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Altitude<\/li>\n<li>Weather conditions<\/li>\n<li>Runway length<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This brings us to our next point.<\/p>\n<h3>2. Good brokers focus on safety over price, and urge you to do the same.<\/h3>\n<p>Since we\u2019re evaluating all the potential risks and hazards and putting your safety as a priority, we\u2019re recommending the safest aircraft for the trip. That\u2019s not always the cheapest, and we\u2019re glad for that. When you\u2019re making a buying decision, support the aircraft recommendation that expands your margin of safety the most\u2014for the price. We tell clients to look at aircraft charter as a value quotient rather than as a commodity. We\u2019re obsessed with your safety, and if you choose that kind of broker, you\u2019re much more apt to be in safe hands. Focusing on a lower price puts you at risk of being in the hands of unsafe operators and\/or unsafe aircraft. Find out why in our post <a href=\"mailto:https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/blog\/private-jet-charter-safety-why-not-to-book-on-price-alone\/\"><em>Private Jet Charter Safety: Why Not to Book on Price Alone<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>3. Brokers can (and should) audit vendors &amp; crews<\/h3>\n<h4><strong>Vendors<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Some jet charter brokers go a step further when it comes to auditing the operators and people behind the private planes we\u2019re sending our client toward. At Stratos, we have what we call a Vendor Approval Program. It\u2019s our own, in-house pre-screening of aircraft operator partners. Only operators who meet the highest standards are included. That means they:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are complying with <strong>Part 135 of the Federal Aviation Regulations<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Have a long track record of providing successful and safe private flights<\/li>\n<li>Have the financial stability that allows them to focus on aircraft maintenance and the safe execution of each charter flight that they fly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our Approved Vendor Program is also supplemented with ARGUS and Wyvern\u2014two of the leading third-party business aviation safety auditing firms. (And we ourselves are recognized or authorized for<em> our <\/em>safety standards by <a href=\"http:\/\/flyacana.org\/\">ACANA<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/blog\/argus-certified-charter-brokers\">ARGUS Certified Charter Broker<\/a> [not just a registered broker]. Find out what that means for your safety in our post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/blog\/argus-certified-charter-brokers\"><em>The Value of ARGUS Certified Charter Brokers<\/em><\/a>.)<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Operational personnel and air crew <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Charter brokers should also be checking to ensure a vendors\u2019 entire team\u2014from maintenance personnel to pilots\u2014are meeting the highest standards of training and certification. And that brings us to our last, and perhaps most important point.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong> <div id=\"attachment_61744\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61744\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-61744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/jet-charter-safety1-640x424.jpg\" alt=\"jet charter pilots in cockpit\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-61744\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">When it comes to safety, two pilots are better than one.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<h3>4. Brokers can require dual-pilot crews<\/h3>\n<p>When people ask \u2018how safe are private jets?\u2019 one of the critical variables is the people flying the plane. While a number of aircraft are permitted by the Federal Aviation Administration to be flown by a single pilot, good jet charter brokers require two pilots. At Stratos, we always require both pilots. It\u2019s an added expense, but because of the significant impact it can have on your safety, it\u2019s one we can\u2019t compromise. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbaa.org\/ops\/safety\/top-safety-focus-areas\/2017\/\">NBAA<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Accident rates are consistently higher for single-pilot operated aircraft, who are 30% more likely to be involved in an accident than a dual-pilot crew. Single pilots generally have a sole responsibility for the overall enterprise supported by that aircraft, and may often lack the necessary guidance and clear procedures along with a set of standards against which to measure risk mitigation. Single-pilot operations are more susceptible to task saturation, and when task saturation increases, so too does the number of errors and risk for Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT), for example. These problems can be compounded by fatigue and other fitness for duty concerns.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0 Given those statistics, you can see why Stratos insists on dual pilots. Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/blog\/role-pilots-jet-charter-safety\/\">how brokers and pilots influence jet charter safety<\/a>. <em>Are you looking for a jet charter broker that\u2019s obsessed with your safety? At Stratos Jet Charters, we harness our obsession and our expertise to ensure your safety on every flight. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a professional aviation company, as baseball fans, and as Floridians, it was heartbreaking to hear about the private plane crash in the Gulf of Mexico that took the life of all-star pitcher Roy Halladay last week.","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2],"tags":[101,394,126,371,1392,42,149,301,824,1037,901],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64800"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64800"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88595,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64800\/revisions\/88595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}