The International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) conducted virtually its annual International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO™) Standards Board meeting last week, welcoming new 2022 board members, Chris Tran, Australia Business Aviation Association (ABAA), and Tariq Alsaeed, Middle East and North Africa Business Aviation Association (MEBAA) and will commemorate the launch of the IS-BAO Programme in 2002.
In addition, the board announced it would introduce the first IS-BAO Standard revision since 2018 and established the 20th edition naming convention to align with the 20th anniversary of the IS-BAO Standard. The new Standard will be released in January 2022.
Daniel Devraignes, IBAC IS-BAO Deputy Director, said, “We welcome Chis and Tariq to the Standards Board and thank the returning board members for their leadership. 2022 will mark twenty years since we first introduced IS-BAO, and we are proud of its wide adoption as an international safety standard. The 20th edition of the standard will include some revisions that have accumulated since 2018. We agreed to continue this more efficient revision method going forward. Most changes to the Standard include clarifications and simplification for improving readability. However there are a few substantial changes addressing specific safety concerns particularly in relation to rotary-wing operations.”
Kurt Edwards, IBAC Director General commented, “Twenty years ago, the IBAC team was taking a giant leap forward for business aviation safety by establishing the global international IS-BAO Programme, and we thank all of those involved in its development. In addition, we also want to welcome the new IS-BAO Director, Mr. Andrew Karas, to the team as he officially joined us last week. We look forward to working with him to advance and grow the IS-BAO Programme.”
The 2022 IS-BAO Standards Board members and nominating organizations include:
Chairman: Stan MedVed, EBAA
Vice Chairman: Len Beauchemin, NBAA
Chris Tran, ABAA
Joanne Wong, AsBAA
Kent Wong, AsBAA
Randy Horsley, CBAA
Juergen Wiese, EBAA
Jens Henning, GAMA
James Viola, HAI
Kurt Edwards, IBAC
Tariq Alsaeed, MEBAA
Doug Carr, NBAA
Keith Washington, NBAA
Pat Dunn, NBAA
Dan Boedigheimer, NBAA
Mike Ott, NBAA
Jad Donaldson, NBAA
Source: https://ibac.org/posts/ibac
