Last Tuesday, Jet Linx Aviation intentionally grounded its entire fleet so that all of its employees could participate in its annual safety summit. According to the company, the third-largest aircraft management provider in the U.S., the day-long event was the culmination of a weeklong series of assessment exercises, preparedness drills, roundtables, and training programs, developed by its national operations center in Omaha, Nebraska, and its 14 local bases, and involving all of its executives, staff, pilots, client services employees, and partners.

“One can either adhere to and comply with established standards or continually strive to create new principles and tenets that transcend the norm, and that is both our credo and our mandate,” said president and CEO Jamie Walker, describing the motivation behind the event. “While there are only a couple of private aviation operators the size of Jet Linx, we all have a singular goal, which is to provide the safest flight experience for all concerned.”