The Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) has scheduled a series of safety management system workshops that will be held in tandem with its Safety Symposium planned in April at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Daytona Beach, Florida campus.

Opening on April 7, the symposium will start with a panel about business aviation careers and run through April 9. Speakers include Convergent Performance CEO Tony Kern, NTSB member Michael Graham, Valor Partners chair and CEO Al Gorthy, and others from companies such as GE Aerospace, FlightSafety International, Hop-A-Jet, and RBAVLaw.

The workshops will include a session entitled “ACSF Lite, Part 5, and the Declaration Letter” run by John Cox, CEO of Safety Operating Systems and co-founder of Aviation Safety Compliance, and Jim Hosey, CEO and president of Aviation Consulting/Auditing and president and co-founder of Aviation Safety Compliance. This session will provide an overview of upcoming SMS requirements, including options for small operators.

Another workshop, “Turning SMS Data into Safety Insights” run by Aviation Safety Solutions CEO Amanda Ferraro, will instruct on how to effectively analyze and leverage SMS data to identify trends, assess risks, and drive proactive safety improvements. A third workshop, “Safety Management, Airworthiness, Quality Escapes; Victim or Enabler,” will be held by AeroTechna Solutions managing director Leonard Beauchemin and delve into the foundation of airworthiness, risk management, and compliance management.