VAI Spotlight on Safety: It’s OK to Stay

In vertical aviation, true professionalism starts long before liftoff, with a pilot on the ground evaluating conditions and deciding whether the mission can be flown safely. Sometimes, the best decision is not to fly. That’s why VAI is launching It’s OK to Stay, an initiative that challenges the mindset that success is measured only by taking off. VAI President and CEO François Lassale shares more about the new program in this Spotlight on Safety video. A companion article by air ambulance pilot Jessica Meiris elaborates on this concept from three crucial viewpoints: those of the accident investigator, the pilot, and the aviation community.