Matt Thurber, editor-in-chief at AIN Media Group, has been flying since 1975 and writing about aviation since 1978 and now has the best job in the world, running editorial operations for Aviation International News, Business Jet Traveler, and FutureFlight.aero. In addition to working as an A&amp;P mechanic on everything from Piper Cubs to turboprops, Matt taught flying at his father’s flight school in Plymouth, Mass., in the early 1980s, flew for an aircraft owner/pilot, and for two summer seasons hunted swordfish near the George’s Banks off the East Coast from a Piper Super Cub. An ATP certificated fixed-wing pilot and CFII and commercial helicopter pilot, Matt is type-rated in the Citation 500 and Gulfstream V/550. Based in the Pacific Northwest, Matt and his team cover the entire aviation scene including business aircraft, helicopters, avionics, safety, manufacturing, charter, fractionals, technology, air transport, advanced air mobility, defense, and other subjects of interest to AIN, BJT, and FutureFlight readers.

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Since launching the Centrik safety management system (SMS) platform in 2012, TrustFlight has continually upgraded the product and now it has released a major refresh, Centrik 5. The latest version includes a new user interface with global navigation, a dark mode, and at-a-glance overviews and focused tasks and actions in a new dashboard view.
Users submitting reports will be able to do so more efficiently as the new interface “promotes active use of the system by reducing the actions needed to submit reports,” according to TrustFlight.
Centrik users number more than 70,000 aerospace personnel from advanced air mobility, airlines, airports, business aviation, MROs, OEMs, training organizations, and regulators. “Centrik is leveraged by five of the top ten business aviation fleets globally, making it one of the most popular systems within aerospace for safety,” said&nbsp;TrustFlight CEO Karl Steeves. “The sheer breadth and capability of the system makes it one of our flagship offerings, and so significant investment was justified, particularly on the heels of upcoming safety mandates from multiple regulatory authorities.”
In addition to SMS modules that include safety, quality, and risk on one integrated platform, Centrik integrates with the FAA’s Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing system and the European Union’s ECCAIRS 2 reporting system. Other Centrik modules include documents, workflows, meetings, asset management, and training.

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