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N-Jet named Wyvern certified Flight Leader

Chicago Executive Airport based private jet operator N-Jet is proud to announce that it has been named as the latest Wyvern certified Flight Leader. While numerous operators have joined the programme in the last 12 months, N-Jet is among the very first to be awarded the certificate, having demonstrated effectiveness across all necessary areas of the programme.

The progressive Wyvern Flight Leader programme provides operators alternative and innovative pathways to continuous improvement. Focusing less on regular auditing and more on safety management system (SMS) effectiveness, as well as human factors and organisational culture, operators are coached by industry veterans in a progressive, quarterly self-assessment and validation cycle with the intent of enhancing safety culture. The Flight Leader certificate is the pinnacle achievement of the Flight Leader programme.

“We would like to thank Wyvern for this incredible opportunity to be one of the first to participate in the Flight Leader programme,” says Howard Seedorf, N-Jet president and CEO. “We’ve spent the last 41 years focused on safety standards improving them for our clients and industry. We’re thrilled to be a part of this new era of safety culture.”

“Wyvern is delighted to announce N-Jet’s exceptional achievement as a certified Flight Leader. Just as in professional formation flying, the wingman is promoted to flight leader only when their professionalism, safety-critical core competencies and leadership have risen to a level that earns trust from the other wingmen. A Flight Leader inspires other wingmen to reach higher and attain new levels of excellence. N-Jet’s recognition as a Wyvern certified Flight Leader is evidence of its positive safety culture and its expertise in managing human and organisational factors that matter most in aviation safety,” says Sonnie Bates, CEO, Wyvern Ltd.

This new certificate will be added to N-Jet’s already extensive list of safety achievements. N-Jet currently holds the highest safety ratings offered by the big three aviation safety auditors; ARGUS Platinum, IS-BAO Stage III and Wyvern Wingman. N-Jet is also a member of the Air Charter Safety Foundation and NBAA.