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.

Current Spotlight on Safety

  • 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 confusing sensory signals the deadly phenomenon causes. In this month’s Spotlight on Safety, Tyson Phillps, cofounder of aviation training company AT Systems, explains SD and how pilots can train to avoid and overcome it.