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Safety
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135 Charter Aircraft License
Safety
Safety is extremely important at Santa Barbara Charter. We
have invested in the latest and best equipment to ensure our
passengers safety. Over the last two years we have spent more
than $300,000 making our plane as safe as we can.
Airframe
Our airframes are all low-time, making them some of the youngest
planes
in the world.
Engines
Our engines go through extensive preventative maintenance
program. In fact, we spend more than
one hour on preventative maintenance for each hour we fly
the aircraft.
Avionics
Our aircraft boast some of the latest, most effective flight
instrumentation in the industry. Some of the more important
safety items include:
- Traffic advisory
system. This system monitors the airspace around
our aircraft and indicates where to look for nearby transponder-equipped
aircraft that may pose a collision threat. It tracks up
to 30 intruder aircraft simultaneously and generates both
aural & visual traffic advisories.
Learn more about traffic advisory
at www.goodrichavionics.com.
- StormScope.
This unit uses radar to scan for bad weather (heavy rain,
thunderstorms, lightning strikes, etc.). No other airborne
instrument, including weather radar, gives a more precise
presentation of thunderstorms.
- In-panel GPS.
Our GPS systems provide complete situational awareness for
our pilot, regardless of weather conditions. It contains
a complete map of the World with oceans, rivers and lakes,
cities, roads, political boundaries, railroads. It also
contains detailed information about every airspace and airport
we service. It enhances safety by keeping the pilot abreast
of where he is and where he is going at all times, freeing
him up to focus on flying.
Learn more about in-panel GPS at www.garmin.com.
- In-panel multi-panel
display. Our MFD integrates our navigation and hazard-avoidance
data into a single, easy-to-interpret display, reducing
scan, increasing situational awareness, and dramatically
improving safety.
Learn more about in-panel multi-panel
display at www.avidyne.com.
- Autopilot.
Each aircraft has a state-of-the-art autopilot. It can take
over the flight at any point...including approaches in bad
weather down to the runway. In many respects it is as valuable
as having a second pilot in the cockpit at all times.
Part
135 Charter Aircraft License
Click here
to view our certification. (PDF, 68kb)
Santa Barbara Charter spent more than four
months undergoing a grueling certification process with the
FAA before obtaining our license. The process included such
items as:
- An extensive aircraft review by FAA personnel, including the airplane's history and prior maintenance.
- The creation of a 50 page "Compliance Statement" that details how Santa Barbara Charter will adhere to each FAA Regulation that pertains to its operations.
- The creation of a 60 page "Operation Specification" document that supplements existing FAA Regulations and spells out specific additional criteria for Santa Barbara Charter.
- A thorough review of all aspects of Santa Barbara Charter's operations by the FAA.
- Our pilot took a FAA administered check ride to certify that he is proficient.
- Our pilot passed a physical examination to make sure he has no health issues that would preclude him from performing his duties.
- Ongoing monitoring, with an FAA general operations inspector, maintenance inspector and avionics inspector.
In the future, to maintain our license, Santa
Barbara Charter must:
- Perform regularly scheduled maintenance (every 100 hours, every year, etc.)
- Our pilot must participate in a FAA mandated drug program.
- Our pilot will undergo annual simulator training at Flight Safety International Simulator.
- We must follow extremely stringent regulations for our flight operations. These regulations control what weather we can fly in and how many hours per day our pilot can fly, among other things.
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