As it looks to streamline itself into a dedicated airport businesses consultancy, FBO Partners has sold off its Online Safety Officer (OSO) program to aviation software and service company Polaris Aero.

Over the past four years, FBO Partners developed the program which was designed to promote safety by supplementing and reinforcing formal training processes. It covers more than 60 topics ranging from health and safety to fuel and quality control using best industry practices. It now has more than 100 FBO location participants.

“We’re excited by the opportunity to build on the success of FBO Partners’ OSO program,” said Steve Bruneau, v-p of aviation for Polaris, which was founded in 2007 and focuses on risk analysis and safety management systems (SMS). He added that the existing OSO format will be maintained, with his company leading monthly safety calls and distribution materials as well as augmenting it with new resources from its in-house VOCUS SMS program.

“We have worked with Polaris Aero for years and have found their team and dedication to industry safety in alignment with ours," said FBO Partners president Douglas Wilson. “Likewise Polaris’ Vocus SMS program integrates well with OSO and is a natural next step for many OSO subscribers seeking to grow their safety program.”

By the end of the first quarter, FBO Partners further plans to exit its customer service training, safety programs, marketing, and MRO consulting ventures to concentrate on and expand its core FBO business offerings, including mergers and acquisitions representation and brokerage, RFP/RFQ work, and commercial advisory and diligence. The company also expects to release its proprietary HangarIT hangar inventory software system later in the year.