Spotlight on Safety

At VAI, highlighting safety is a key initiative. Our tips and stories from VAI staff and members make it easy to stay informed and safe.

Welcome to VAI’s Spotlight on Safety, where we showcase your safety tips and stories that others can use to help enhance #helicoptersafety in your daily operations. If you have a safety tip that could help save lives and prevent future accidents, share it with us and we’ll help get the word out.

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Current Spotlight on Safety

VAI Spotlight on Safety: It’s OK to Stay

VAI Spotlight on Safety: It’s OK to Stay

March 3, 2026
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Recent Spotlights on Safety Videos

VAI Spotlight on Safety: The Loss of One Life Ripples Through Hundreds More

VAI Spotlight on Safety: The Loss of One Life Ripples Through Hundreds More

VAI Spotlight on Safety: How to Safely Approach and Depart a Helicopter

VAI Spotlight on Safety: How to Safely Approach and Depart a Helicopter

VAI Spotlight on Safety: Are You Mentally Fit to Fly?

VAI Spotlight on Safety: Are You Mentally Fit to Fly?

VAI Spotlight on Safety: Nutrition is Key to Human Performance

VAI Spotlight on Safety: Nutrition is Key to Human Performance

VAI Spotlight on Safety: Harnessing the power to prevent accidents

VAI Spotlight on Safety: Harnessing the power to prevent accidents

Spotlight on Safety: Fly Higher

Spotlight on Safety: Fly Higher

VAI Spotlight on Safety: That’s Just Scary!

VAI Spotlight on Safety: That’s Just Scary!

This Halloween season—and always—be sure to give your passengers a bucket-list experience, not a white-knuckle ride. In our October Spotlight…
Spotlight on Safety: SD: The Unforgiving Killer

Spotlight on Safety: SD: The Unforgiving Killer

Research has shown that pilots often fail to recognize and recover from spatial disorientation (SD), in part because of the…
Spotlight on Safety: Whom do you trust?

Spotlight on Safety: Whom do you trust?