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ebyer@nata.aero
NATA ANNOUNCES THE LAUNCH OF RA CHECK VERSION 2.0
Alexandria, VA, March 8, 2011 — The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) is pleased to announce the launch of the new and improved RA Check version 2.0. This online tool combines a highly comprehensive Federal Aviation Administration-endorsed Risk Assessment Tool with the automation necessary to make its use quick, easy, and accurate.
Since its inception last year, RA Check has fulfilled a vital role in safety management programs with the perfect combination of sound safety risk assessment methodology and convenient automation features. Safety and compliance tools such as RA Check are greatly improving the business balance between safety and productivity.
“So far, more than 100 companies have utilized RA Check to make over 300,000 automated safety checks, and today this tool becomes even more convenient and accommodating with its second major release,” said NATA Director of Technology Initiatives David Vernon.
The new version of RA Check includes several enhanced features:
- RA Check can now also be used as a stand-alone tool without integrating with Computing Technologies for Aviation's Flight Operating System (FOS).
- It is now possible to customize criteria settings - operators can set parameters to their own specifications and even eliminate and add criteria as necessary.
The key benefits of RA Check include:
- Streamlines processes -
- Automates the criteria of the Turbine Aircraft Operators Subgroup (TAOS) Flight Risk Assessment Tool formula and returns an Online response.
- Can still integrate with CTAs (FOS) limiting manual data entry.
- Automatic and user-generated email alerts for risk assessment reports and risk factor questionnaires that may be viewed and addressed on your Smart Phone.
- Raises situational awareness by focusing only on factors that pertain to each particular flight.
- Alerts crewmembers to proactive safety measures for a particular flight.
- Reduces training time, standardizes results and removes subjectivity.
- Sets realistic operational thresholds.
- Takes the most comprehensive Risk Assessment methodology and makes it as easy to implement as the most basic of models.
Jet Aviation, based in Teterboro, New Jersey, is a user of the system. “Risk assessment is not new to our operation, but RA Check’s automation makes it a good fit for us,” said Jet Aviation Vice President of Flight Logistics Matt Feinstein. “The RA Check interface is easy, web-based, and integrated with our scheduling system, three factors that have led to quick acceptance by crewmembers and other employees who use the system.”
The program is developed, hosted, and managed by NATA. A free 30-day trial registration and further information are available online at www.nata.aero/racheck.
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The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) has been the voice of aviation business for more than 80 years. Representing nearly 3,700 aviation businesses, NATA’s member companies provide a broad range of services to general aviation, the airlines and the military and NATA serves as the public policy group representing the interests of aviation businesses before Congress and the federal agencies.