Air Trek, Inc. Captains to Receive Prestigious Safety Award
Punta Gorda, FL October 5, 2020 – Air Trek’s captains, Bruce Monnier and Gerald Downs, will be receiving a prestigious safety award from the National Business Aircraft Association (NBAA) on Wednesday October 7, 2020 (11 am – 12 pm). The flight crew will be recognized for their handling of an in-flight emergency that resulted in a safe outcome for all involved. This is the first year for the “Above and Beyond Airmanship Award” is being presented and Air Trek is proud to have the first recipients of this award on staff.
This presentation is being held virtually. You can register for the event, it’s free, in order to access the feed from the live webinar to everyone there in the hangar via the NBAA web site at https://nbaa.org/professional-development/on-demand-education/nbaa-go/virtual-safety-week/.
The Safety Town Hall – LIVE will be held
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 from 11 AM -12 PM.
The town hall will feature living legends John and Martha King, of the King Schools, and Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Safety Foundation Richard McSpadden, peering through the windscreen to discuss emerging safety trends with aviation’s premiere journalist, Miles O’Brien. The event will also recognize excellence in aviation safety, including the presentation of NBAA’s new Above and Beyond Airmanship Award.
We hope you will be able to tune in from afar and join us in celebrating two fantastic pilots who have certainly proven themselves worthy of receiving this honor.
To help pilots think more about safety right now, NBAA has created the NBAA GO Virtual Safety Week October 5 to 9, 2020, featuring its annual Single-Pilot Safety Standdown and National Safety Forum events where a wide range of safety topics will be discussed by top safety experts, all in a free virtual (digital) environment. All information about individual sessions and registration can be found here: https://www.bigmarker.com/series/virtual-safety-week/series_summit?utm_bmcr_source=website
To learn more about NBAA please visit: www.nbaa.org
Air Trek, Inc. is one of the nation’s oldest Aircraft Charter and Air Ambulance services. They offer Luxury Aircraft Charter (with full concierge service), Air Ambulance, Commercial Airline Medical Escort and Commercial Repatriation service. Air Trek is fully licensed by the State of Florida Department of Health and is fully certified by the Federal Aviation Administration. If you would like more information on the services Air Trek provides, please call our operations center at 941-639-7855, visit us at www.airtrek.aero (Luxury Charter) or www.medjets.com (Air Ambulance), or email us at airtrek@medjets.com.
