Flight Safety Information - August 18, 2025 No. 164 In This Issue : Incident: American B738 at Los Angeles on Aug 17th 2025, hydraulic problems, flaps did not retract : Incident: Ryanair B38M near Cork on Aug 16th 2025, lightning strike : Incident: Easyjet A320 near Cologne on Aug 15th 2025, first officer incapacitated : Incident: Condor B753 at Corfu on Aug 16th 2025, engine shut down in flight : Accident: Indigo A21N at Mumbai on Aug 16th 2025, tail strike on go around : Incident: Southwest B737 at Columbus on Aug 13th 2025, flaps up landing : Incident: Star India E175 at Belgaum on Aug 16th 2025, fuel leak : Incident: Canada Rouge A319 at Nashville on Aug 14th 2025, touched down short of runway : Incident: France A320 near Madrid on Aug 14th 2025, fumes on board : Aviation Safety Report Shows Higher Accident Count in 2024 : Airbus Is About To Pass Boeing For The Best-Selling Aircraft : American Airlines Battles Pilots Over Alaska’s New Boeing 787s : Flight Attendant Fired After American Airlines Cracks Down on Secret ‘Trips for Cash’ Blackmarket Scheme : ISASI - 2025 - Denver, CO - September 29-October 3, 2025 Annual Seminar - Hotel Rate Deadline approaching (September 5) : SGS is Growing Senior Manager, Aviation Compliance, Position Available : Calendar of Events Incident: American B738 at Los Angeles on Aug 17th 2025, hydraulic problems, flaps did not retract A American Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration N950AN performing flight AA-1292 from Los Angeles,CA to Nashville,TN (USA) with 172 people on board, was climbing out of Los Angeles' runway 25R when the crew requested to level off at 16000 feet to run some checklists advising ATC they needed to maintain 230 KIAS. The aircraft entered a hold advising ATC they had hydraulic problems, the flaps had not retracted. After the hold the crew requested a long final to runway 25R and emergency services on standby, they might have a hot brake situation, the crew declared emergency. The aircraft landed on runway 25R at a higher than normal speed (about 182 knots over ground) about 80 minutes after departure, vacated the runway and stopped for a brief check by emergency services before taxiing to the apron. https://avherald.com/h?article=52bcc542&opt=0 Incident: Ryanair B38M near Cork on Aug 16th 2025, lightning strike A Ryanair Boeing 737-8 MAX, registration EI-IJT performing flight FR-2848 from Shannon (Ireland) to Malaga,SP (Spain), was climbing through about FL240 out of Shannon, already south of Cork, when the aircraft received a lightning strike prompting the crew to stop the climb at FL270 and return to Shannon, where the aircraft landed safely on runway 06 about 50 minutes after departure. The return flight was performed by a replacement aircraft. The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about one hour, then departed again and reached Malaga with a delay of about 2:45 hours. https://avherald.com/h?article=52bc9a90&opt=0 Incident: Easyjet A320 near Cologne on Aug 15th 2025, first officer incapacitated An Easyjet Airbus A320-200, registration G-EZRX performing flight U2-2152 from Istanbul (Turkey) to Manchester,EN (UK) with 185 people on board, was enroute at FL360 about 150nm eastsoutheast of Cologne (Germany) when the captain decided to divert to Cologne reporting the first officer had become incapacitated with severe stomach pain. The aircraft landed safely on Cologne's runway 32R about 27 minutes later. The first officer was taken to a hospital, food poisoning was suspected. The passengers remained on board while a replacement pilot was dispatched, the aircraft continued the flight and reached Manchester with a delay of about 5 hours. https://avherald.com/h?article=52bc991b&opt=0 Incident: Condor B753 at Corfu on Aug 16th 2025, engine shut down in flight A Condor Boeing 757-300, registration D-ABOK performing flight DE-3665 from Corfu (Greece) to Dusseldorf (Germany) with 273 passengers and 8 crew, was climbing out of Corfu's runway 34 when the right hand engine (RB211) emitted a series of bangs and streaks of flame prompting the crew to stop the climb at 8000 feet, shut the engine down and diverted to Brindisi (Italy) for a safe landing on runway 31 about 30 minutes after departure. A replacement Boeing 757-300 registration D-ABOI positioned to Brindisi the following morning, resumed the flight and reached Dusseldorf with a delay of about 15.5 hours. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Brindisi about 19 hours after landing. https://avherald.com/h?article=52bc9725&opt=0 Accident: Indigo A21N at Mumbai on Aug 16th 2025, tail strike on go around An Indigo Airbus A321-200N, registration VT-ICM performing flight 6E-1060 (dep Aug 15th) from Bangkok (Thailand) to Mumbai (India), was landing on Mumbai's runway 27 when the crew initiated a go around, however, the tail contacted the runway surface. The aircraft climbed to safety at 6000 feet, positioned for another approach to runway 27 and landed without further incident. The airline reported the crew initiated a go around at low height due to unfavourable weather conditions, the tail of the aircraft touched the runway surface. The aircraft is still on the ground in Mumbai 21 hours after landing. https://avherald.com/h?article=52bc1a76&opt=0 Incident: Southwest B737 at Columbus on Aug 13th 2025, flaps up landing A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700, registration N565WN performing flight WN-2150 from Houston Hobby,TX to Columbus,OH (USA) with 116 people on board, was descending towards Columbus when the crew advised of a flight control problem, the flaps didn't come down so that they would need to do a flaps up landing at 170 KIAS. The crew requested an extended downwind to complete checklists, then positioned for an approach to runway 28L and landed at a higher speed than normal. Emergency services checked the aircraft before the aircraft taxied to the apron. A passenger reported they were told the aircraft needed to do a high speed landing due to flaps problems. https://avherald.com/h?article=52bc0038&opt=0 Incident: Star India E175 at Belgaum on Aug 16th 2025, fuel leak A Star Air India Embraer ERJ-175, registration VT-GSI performing flight S5-111 from Belgaum to Mumbai (India) with 48 people on board, was climbing through FL230 out of Belgaum's runway 26 when the crew stopped the climb reporting a fuel leak, shut an engine (CF34) down and returned to Belgaum for a safe landing on runway 26 about 35 minutes after departure. A replacement Embraer ERJ-145 registration VT-GSS reached Mumbai with a delay of about 7:15 hours. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Belgaum about 12 hours after landing back. https://avherald.com/h?article=52bbfc0a&opt=0 Incident: Canada Rouge A319 at Nashville on Aug 14th 2025, touched down short of runway An Air Canada Rouge Airbus A319-100 on behalf of Air Canada, registration C-GSJB performing flight AC-1717 from Toronto,ON (Canada) to Nashville,TN (USA), landed on Nashville's runway 20L at 17:23L (22:23Z) but touched down short of the runway. The aircraft rolled out without further incident and taxied to the apron. The return flight was cancelled. The aircraft is still on the ground in Nashville about 41 hours after landing. The NTSB opened an investigation into the occurrence. https://avherald.com/h?article=52bbfa30&opt=0 Incident: France A320 near Madrid on Aug 14th 2025, fumes on board An Air France Airbus A320-200, registration F-GKXC performing flight AF-1896 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Casablanca (Morocco), was enroute at FL350 about 200nm northnorthwest of Madrid,SP (Spain) when the crew donned their oxygen masks and decided to divert to Madrid reporting fumes on board. The aircraft landed safely on Madrid's runway 18R about 32 minutes later. A listener on frequency reported the crew declared MAYDAY reporting fumes on board, the crew was clearly using their oxygen masks. The remainder of the flight as well as the return flight were cancelled. The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 29 hours, then performed flight AF-380 back to Paris Charles de Gaulle. https://avherald.com/h?article=52bb532f&opt=0 Aviation Safety Report Shows Higher Accident Count in 2024 The number of fatal accidents and individual fatalities have both increased compared to 2023. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has released its annual report on industry safety trends for 2024. According to ICAO’s 2025 Global Aviation Safety Report, the number of accidents for commercial flights has continued to trend upward since 2021. The yearly report covers aviation safety trends over a period of six years, from 2019 to 2024. While 2019 saw the highest recorded number of aviation accidents around the world at 114, the number has been steadily rising each year since 2021. After a dramatic dip in the number of accidents from 2020 to 2021 – totaling 48 for each year – the number of accidents then increased to 64 in 2022, 66 in 2023, and 95 in 2024. The report stated that the decrease seen in 2020 and 2021 could be attributed to a decrease in global flights during the COVID-19 pandemic. It also noted there has been a recovery and increase in overall passenger travel since 2019 travel numbers. The number of fatal accidents are mixed with six reported in 2019, down to four in 2020 and 2021, then seven in 2022, just one in 2023, jumping to 10 in 2024. Individual fatalities associated with fatal accidents dramatically increased from 72 in 2023 to 296 in 2024. Over 80% of fatalities in 2024 occurred from accidents related to loss of control inflight and bird strikes. The report also stated that around 75% of total serious injuries for the year were caused by turbulence-related accidents. Sorting by region, North America, Central American, and the Caribbean saw the highest percentage of aviation accidents globally. However, the Asia and Pacific regions saw the highest percentage of fatal accidents, individual fatalities and serious injuries in 2024, accounting for close to 60% of fatalities and serious injuries worldwide. “In response to existing and emerging trends, ICAO is working in partnership with the international aviation community to achieve future safety improvements, with an emphasis on improving safety performance and reducing operational safety risk through standardization, implementation support and monitoring,” the report stated. “The 2025 edition of the Safety Report – State of Global Aviation Safety, provides accident statistics and analyses with reference to the 2019 – 2024 period, as well as an update to some safety indicators in the ICAO Global Aviation Safety Plan (GASP).” https://airlinegeeks.com/2025/08/15/aviation-safety-report-shows-higher-accident-count-in-2024/ Airbus Is About To Pass Boeing For The Best-Selling Aircraft Airbus is on the verge of passing Boeing to hold the best selling aircraft in the history of the world. But it’s shaping up to be a photo finish. How the Boeing 737 Became the Workhorse Long before streaming took over your seat back entertainment, the Boeing 737 was already flying high. First rolled out in the late 1960s, the 737 series proved durable, adaptable and wildly popular. Boeing kept refining it—from the Classic models ( 300/ 400/ 500) to the Next Generation (737NG) in the late 1990s, and then the 737 MAX starting around 2017. The original fuselage and design was based on the Boeing 707, Boeing’s original super product. By 2025, Boeing had delivered about 12,171 of these 737 jets, a milestone that made it the most delivered jetliner in history. The MAX variant by itself has racked up thousands of orders and deliveries, 1,923 delivered by 2025, and about 6,779 in total orders. Some of the world’s most successful airlines (Southwest, Alaska, and Ryan Air) have built their entire business model around exclusively (or nearly exclusively) utilizing the type. Airbus A320: Matching the 737 Step for Step Enter the Airbus A320 family. Introduced in 1987 with fly-by-wire tech that was cutting-edge back then, it’s now been updated as the A320NEO (launched in 2010, entered service in 2016) for better fuel efficiency which was a meaningful upgrade similar to the MAX but without the early incidents. Incredibly, orders for the A320 family now hover around 19,285, with about 12,151 delivered . That’s virtually neck-and-neck with Boeing’s 12,171 deliveries of the 737 . The NEO sub series alone has 11,179 orders and 4,051 delivered by 2025 . At the end of July 2025, Airbus had delivered 286 A320NEO family jets already this year, while Boeing delivered 243 MAX jets over the same period. Order Spikes and the Tale Behind Them What’s behind the peaks in orders over time? Fuel prices, airline growth, and new route ambitions play big roles. Airbus’s A320NEO was a hit right away. It became the fastest selling aircraft ever, with 1,420 orders in under a year after launch. That helped Airbus to make up some ground. Bigger move: the A321XLR can fly farther with up to 11 hour routes (!) with a narrow body plane, turning regional jets into long haul game-changers. For context, that enables Paris to Namibia in Southern Africa, Paris to Vancouver, or Paris to Salvador, Brazil. Combined with strategic deals like IndiGo’s massive 500 jet A320NEO family purchase or Air India’s 470 jet haul, Airbus’s order books look like holiday toy wishlists. Boeing had its highs too, but crashes in 2018-19 and the Max grounding dinged its reputation. Deliveries dropped to just 348 aircraft in 2024, far below Airbus’s 766. Add safety scares, the Alaska door plug mishap, and the FAA limiting MAX production to 38 a month, Boeing’s delivery muscle has been all but neutered. That’s not to say that those aren’t real market concerns, nor that the FAA shouldn’t have limited production to ensure safety, it should have, but it’s also not a challenge Airbus has faced in the same period. This all excludes the effects of tariffs, of course. Future Orders and Backlog Face-Off What hasn’t delivered yet could tell the next chapter. As of early 2025, Airbus had a backlog of around 8,600 to 8,700 aircraft—most of them A220 or A320 family narrow bodies. That backlog amounts to 10-11 years worth of production based on recent building rates. Boeing’s backlog, meanwhile, hovers around 6,200 to 6,500 planes, with about 4,700 of those consisting of 737 MAX orders. That means Airbus is sitting on a lot more future deliveries than Boeing unless something shifts dramatically in production capability. Part of that shift is that Airbus has, in essence, built a 757 competitor that Boeing has not been willing or able to replace. Particularly for this competition, if Boeing ever releases the long awaited 797 variant that is intended to fill this middle ground with range and passenger count while remaining an efficient narrowbody, it won’t contribute to the 737/A320 race. Rather, it would almost certainly accelerate Airbus’ lead. What Airbus’s Rise Means for the Skies Airbus’s ascent isn’t just about numbers. It’s changed the game. Airlines are leaning into A321XLR routes, tapping thinner markets with profitable efficiency. Airbus’s fuel wise NEOs cost airlines less to run and make new routes viable. The 737-MAX iterations simply don’t have the range to compete. But even Airbus’s growth has limits. Supply chains are stretched; ramping production too fast could sacrifice safety or quality, and CEO Guillaume Faury has said caution is critical. Meanwhile, Boeing has to wrestle with rebuilding trust, ramping production again, and maybe even launching a whole new plane but that’d cost tens of billions of dollars and take a decade before it ever sees the skies. Its long-awaited adjusted 777 is already years behind schedule though it looks close to certification. In short Airbus is winning, but can only win so much given its own constraints. The US is also competing with a conglomerate of countries, trade deals, and a larger population base (with the airlines that service them as customers and choose to buy locally.) Conclusion We all love an underdog story but this one’s all but over. Boeing’s 737 ruled for decades proving reliable, efficient, familiar. Airbus’s A320 matched that, then made waves with the NEO upgrades and range-stretching XLR variant. Order volumes tell the story: Airbus comfortably leads in new bookings and backlogs, thanks to fuel savings, route flexibility and strong customer deals. Boeing’s delays and safety setbacks cost it momentum, even if its backlog remains significant. Looking ahead, Airbus is clutching a bigger future delivery pipeline; Boeing has ground to regain. Still, with production constraints and no new serious challenger on the horizon, both giants are likely to shape commercial air travel for years to come. https://liveandletsfly.com/airbus-is-about-to-pass-boeing-for-the-best-selling-aircraft/ American Airlines Battles Pilots Over Alaska’s New Boeing 787s American Airlines wants to fly more on the West Coast and over the Pacific, partially through a codeshare with Alaska Airlines, but the carrier appears not to want the flying to be done by its own pilots. In a letter to members on Monday, Nick Silva, president of the Allied Pilots Association, which represents 16,000 American pilots, said the airline will code share with Alaska Airlines on new European routes, and potentially on trans-Pacific routes, but won’t allow its pilots to fly the routes. That violates the scope clause of the pilots’ contract. Silva said management “revealed plans to ignore our contract” in a discussion with him. Codeshares enable airlines to sell tickets on a second airline’s flights, and to include those tickets on its booking platform. Scope clauses in pilot contracts define the flying to be done by union members. The scope clause of the contract between American and APA allows for domestic codeshares between American and Alaska, but not for international codeshares. Alaska merged with Hawaiian Airlines in a $1.9 billion deal in September 2024. Among Hawaiian’s assets are four Boeing 787 jets, which became the first widebodies in Alaska’s fleet. Alaska also has orders for about a dozen 787s. Last week, Alaska said it will begin 787 flights to London in spring 2026. “Alaska Airlines recently announced even more new European routes, which prompted my request to meet with senior management,” Silva wrote. “In those discussions, management revealed plans to ignore our contract by codesharing on Alaska Airlines’ new long-haul international routes.” American did not respond to a request to comment on Thursday. American has long been stymied in efforts to fly transpacific routes, a disadvantage in its competition with peers Delta and United. American’s major Pacific asset is a transpacific alliance with partner Japan Air Lines. The alliance has antitrust immunity, enabling the carriers to coordinate on fares and schedules. In March, a JAL executive said the carrier is considering whether to allow Alaska to join the alliance, according to the Japanese digital aviation portal Traicy. Silva said APA’s scope committee has been closely following the developments involving the Alaska/Hawaiian merger, the use of 787s for international routes and the effort to join the alliance. By signing up, you agree to receive this newsletter, other updates about Forbes and its affiliates’ offerings, our Terms of Service (including resolving disputes on an individual basis via arbitration), and you acknowledge our Privacy Statement. Forbes is protected by reCAPTCHA, and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. “The Alaska Airlines codeshare permissions granted by Section 1.G of our contract never contemplated codesharing with a domestic airline to destinations across East Asia and Europe,” Silva wrote. “Moreover, the widebody aircraft Alaska Airlines plans to operate on these routes all belong to Hawaiian Airlines and are thus subject to the limits on codesharing with Hawaiian Airlines or its successor. “Why is this so harmful to the pilots of American Airlines?” Silva wrote. “The introduction of American Airlines’ code onto Alaska Airlines’ international network will provide another way for American Airlines to farm out widebody flying to other airlines — flying that pilots on our seniority list could and should be performing.” APA spokesman Dennis Tajer noted that the pilots’ scope clause is the first section in the contract. “Scope is a religious issue to pilots,” Tajer said. “It’s about our current and future jobs that our families count on. There are few, if any, issues around which our pilot group will unite more than an attack on our scope protection.” He said the APA contract restricts Alaska code shares to domestic flying and restricts Hawaiian codeshares to flights between Hawaiian islands. Silva said he has filed two grievances. In late October, an arbitrator will hear the grievance regarding the Alaska code share. No hearing has yet been scheduled on the second grievance, filed because “the widebody aircraft Alaska Airlines plans to operate on these routes all belong to Hawaiian Airlines and are thus subject to the limits on codesharing with Hawaiian Airlines or its successor. “ https://www.forbes.com/sites/tedreed/2025/08/15/american-airlines-battles-pilots-over-alaskas-new-boeing-787s/ Flight Attendant Fired After American Airlines Cracks Down on Secret ‘Trips for Cash’ Blackmarket Scheme A few months ago, American Airlines warned its flight attendants that it was onto them over a money-making scheme in which veteran crew members sell covetable international trips to junior coworkers who wouldn’t otherwise be able to score these kinds of premium destinations. At the time, American Airlines threatened to discipline any flight attendant caught ‘dropping’ a trip they had bid for in exchange for cash or gifts. The airline has now followed through with that threat, terminating at least one crew and provoking a strong backlash from the flight attendant union. How American Airlines’ Trip Bidding System Rewards Veteran Flight Attendants Like every other major airline in the United States, flight attendants at American Airlines have a seniority-based bidding system, which gives crew members with the most years of service access to coveted trips before their more junior coworkers. Each month, flight attendants request or ‘bid’ for the flights they want to work, along with their days off. These bids are fed into a ‘preferential bidding system’ which then assigns trips based on the needs of the airline and the availability of flight attendants. Because seniority is baked into the preferential bidding system, flight attendants with the most years of service will have a much higher chance of securing in-demand trips. Traditionally, the coveted trips are long-haul flights to premium international destinations like Paris, London, and Rome. In contrast, flight attendants with little flying experience at American Airlines get much less say in what trips they will be working from one month to the next, and will often be left with the worst domestic multi-day trips or straight reserve duties. Flight Attendants Got Around Strict Rules By Using Secret Code Words This seniority-based bidding system has allowed a secret black market economy to develop in which long-serving flight attendants bid for desirable trips that they know they are likely to secure in the bid award, but which they have no intention of working. Instead, they offer these trips up to other flight attendants on an internal system that allows crew members to drop and swap flights. The swap system is meant to work by mutual agreement between flight attendants, but American Airlines discovered that some crew members may have been selling their trips via the trade board. Because selling or buying trips is banned, however, flight attendants were allegedly using codewords like cookies, hugs, and kisses to indicate to their coworkers that they were only offering their trip in exchange for cash. Flight attendants who are interested in buying the trip then contact the seller directly before the swap is processed. American Airlines Warned Flight Attendants They Were Watching Them Closely In May, American Airlines made it known that it was aware of what was going on and that it wanted it to stop immediately, telling crew members in an internal memo that “trips are assigned by the company and are not personal property… They cannot be bought, sold, or brokered.” The memo continued: “You may not offer or accept money or other items of value – directly or through coded language – to broker, buy, sell or trade trips with other flight attendants.” “When someone tries to inappropriately profit by picking up a trip or through selling or trading, it violates the intent and integrity of our bidding systems and our standards of business conduct.” It was pretty clear that any flight attendant caught selling a trip could face harsh disciplinary action. Flight Attendants Terminated For Selling Desirable Trips It has now emerged that on Thursday, a Chicago-based crew member was terminated after he was accused of selling a trip in violation of American Airlines’ rules. It’s understood that this might be the first termination following the airline’s crackdown on illegal trip trading, and more could follow as American Airlines sets about making an example of offenders. Union Blasts American Airlines And Files Official Dispute In response, however, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) has blasted American Airlines for the harsh punishment it chose for a first-time offender. “Discipline is meant to be progressive, giving Flight Attendants a chance to correct behavior,” the union wrote in an internal memo. “Skipping those steps, especially on a rule they just decided to enforce, is a direct violation of just cause and due process.” “Instead of solving the real operational issues, leadership is focused on punishing how someone drops a trip,” the memo added. “This leadership team’s priorities are wrong. They are focused on excessive discipline over supporting employees, improving the operation, or providing us the tools to provide better customer service.” In an internal dispute filed with American Airlines, the union has demanded that the carrier cease and desist from applying blanket discipline and instead use individual review and discretion. Interestingly, American Airlines had first suggested it would remove bidding privileges from flight attendants caught selling trips, rather than sacking them for transgressions of this policy. Other US Airlines Do Allow Flight Attendants To Sell Trips That heavy-handed approach is in stark contrast to some other US airlines, which either turn a blind eye to flight attendants selling trips or just don’t have a formal policy on the matter. For example, Alaska Airlines, JetBlue, and Frontier have no official policy that prevents trip selling, while Southwest doesn’t police the use of codewords that have become such a hot topic at American Airlines. Selling trips, however, is illegal at both Delta and United Airlines, and anyone caught doing so can be disciplined all the way up to being terminated. United Airlines Flight Attendant Sues Over Her ‘Trips For Cash’ Termination Earlier this year, ex-United Airlines flight attendant Anna Palova won the right to sue the carrier after she was sacked based on allegations she was operating a side hustle selling sought-after trips to junior coworkers. United warned flight attendants in 2019 that it would sack flight attendants caught selling coveted trips, and not long after, it started working on a computer algorithm to analyze trip trades between flight attendants with the aim of spotting suspicious activity. Anna was one of 28 flight attendants who were highlighted by this algorithm as engaging in “problematic trades” and was terminated just weeks later. While Anna denies ever illegally trading a trip, her lawsuit is being allowed to go ahead because younger flight attendants who were also accused of selling trips were not sacked for their indiscretions. https://www.paddleyourownkanoo.com/2025/08/17/flight-attendant-fired-after-american-airlines-cracks-down-on-secret-trips-for-cash-blackmarket-scheme/ ISASI 2025 September 29 – October 2, 2025 Denver Hotel and Conference Center 3801 Quebec St Denver, Colorado ISASI 2025 will be here soon, and we are looking forward to welcoming everyone to Denver. Tutorials will be presented on Monday September 29, followed by plenary sessions from September 30 – October 2. To register, please go to ISASI’s online and click on the seminar icon at the top right of the home page. Or go directly to the seminar page by clicking here. Once on the seminar page you will find a link to the hotel reservation site as well as the most up to date information on the Tutorials and the technical program. To see the technical program and other details at the top of the page, beside the “register now” button are tabs with further details. PLEASE NOTE: the seminar rate at the hotel will close on September 5; after that there is no guarantee the special rate will be available. Thanks from the ISASI 2025 Committee https://web.cvent.com/event/a6ec0291-9280-4529-b72f-fb38e0cabc17/summary SGS is Growing Senior Manager, Aviation Compliance Position Available We are SGS – the world's leading testing, inspection and certification company. We are recognized as the global benchmark for sustainability, quality and integrity. Our 99,600 employees operate a network of 2,600 offices and laboratories, working together to enable a better, safer and more interconnected world. The Senior Manager, Aviation Compliance is responsible to pursue and maintain business sales with existing and new customers within the energy sector as it relates to aviation and aerospace. Grow market share in collaboration with marketing, sales managers, fellow department colleagues. Manage business activity, budgets, and forecasts and provide industry insight for the development and execution of business growth strategies. Along with business management duties, the Senior Manager, Aviation Compliance is a direct link with client representatives on aviation matters and works in accordance with SGS Aviation Compliance standards and procedures responsible to provide aviation safety advice, conduct operational and technical audits, and complete aviation projects for SGS Aviation Compliance clients. Pursue and maintain technical qualifications for Flight Safety Foundation Basic Aviation Risk Standard (BARS) program. 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