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HAI@Work Webinar: Off Airfield Landings: Analyzing Risk Using the Bowtie Method

Off-airfield landings can be unsettling. These landing sites, which can be anywhere from a mountaintop to an #offshore#helipad, expose #pilots and passengers to additional risks. During the Jan. 21 HAI@Work webinar, panelists Kodey Bogart, CEO of KB Solutions, LLC.; Gerald Kosbab, president of AeroDirections, LLC; and Jorge Sanchez Hidalgo, director of operations for AeroDirections Latin […]





HAI@Work: Rotor Review & Forecast

During our Jan. 14 HAI@Work webinar, “Aviation Media Roundtable: 2020 Review and 2021 Forecast,” HAI President and CEO James Viola and panelists Dan Parsons, editor of Valor magazine; Mark Huber, writer for Aviation International News (AIN); and Ken Swartz, senior editor of Vertiflite magazine, offered their insights on how 2020 affected the rotorcraft industry and […]




HAI@Work: Is it Time to Honestly Assess Your Risk?

During the Jan. 7, 2021 HAI@Work webinar, HAI Director of Safety Chris Hill and panelists Tarek Loutfy, GE Aviation senior operations and flight safety manager, and Chris Young, aviation insurance professional with Pik West Insurance Agency, had this message for their audience: whether you’re starting a safety management system (SMS), struggling to engage leadership in […]



HAI@Work: Aeronautical Decision-Making When the Outcomes Aren’t Black-and-White

On Dec. 17, 2020, HAI President and CEO James Viola and panelists Bryan Smith, APSA safety program manager; Erik Bratton, director of operations, Hospital Wing; and Dawn Bolstad-Johnson, CEO/founder, Kaizen Safety Soutions, discussed how to mitigate risk through preparation and planning. During the webinar, Bryan Smith introduced the OODA loop, a strategy developed for US […]