Flight Test Safety Committee

The Flight Test Safety Committee (FTSC) was formed jointly in November 1994 by members of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots (SETP), the Society of Flight Test Engineers (SFTE) and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). These and numerous additional organizations presently comprise the FTSC. The purpose of the FTSC is to initiate and sustain a flight test related safety organization intended to promote flight safety, reduce the risk of mishap, promote risk reduction management and continually improve the profession's communication and coordination.
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2015 Flight Test Safety Workshop - Registration & Info

The 2015 Flight Test Safety Workshop will be held on 4-7 May 2015 in Scottsdale, AZ. 

The theme of the workshop is “LESSONS LEARNED (ARE THEY REALLY?)” The reduction of flight test risk to a level of as low as reasonably practicable has been the oft stated goal of the flight test profession. When lessons from previously identified risks have been learned, incidents and accidents relating to those same risks should not reoccur. So why do accidents continue to occur? The goal of this workshop is to share personal, team or program experience of methods to identify, document, record, and apply lessons learned in a way that meaningfully contributes to an enduring reduction of flight test risk.

Mr. Richard Lee is coordinating the event. Click HERE for further details and to register for this event.

FTSC's response to NTSB's report

In 2012 the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) published its final report on the Gulfstream G-650 accident.   The Flight Test Safety Committee (FTSC) was requested to respond to the NTSB’s recommendations from that report.  Here is the response from the FTSC.