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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2025 Flight Test Safety Workshop - Hotel Reservation Information

2025 Flight Test Safety Workshop
6-7 May 2025
Greensboro, NC

Hotel Reservation Information

Sheraton Greensboro at Four Seasons
3121 W Gate City Blvd
Greensboro, NC 27407

A limited block of rooms is reserved at the group rate of $152.00 per night. Please click HERE to book your room.

This year we have a limited block of rooms reserved at the government rate of $123.00 per night. Please use this link HERE to book your room at this rate if you are active duty military, DoD personnel or a U.S. Federal Gov't employee.  The appropriate I.D. for government rate rooms will be required at the time of check-in.  

PLEASE NOTE: The government rooms are very limited and need to be available to those who qualify. You are not eligible for this room rate because you are retired military or because your company has a federal contract.

Please reserve your room by 6pm EST Friday, 4 April 2025 in order to guarantee these rates.

Click HERE for the latest updates and information on submitting an abstract.  The deadline to submit an abstract is 3 February 2025.

 

Preliminary Schedule:

Tuesday 6 May: Tutorial followed by a Technical Tour of HondaJet

Wednesday 7 May: Technical Presentations followed by an Award Dinner

2025 Flight Test Safety Workshop - Call for Abstracts

2025 Flight Test Safety Workshop
6-7 May 2025
Greensboro, NC

The Flight Test Safety Committee, a joint committee of SFTE, AIAA, and SETP, is pleased to announce that the North American Flight Test Safety Workshop will be held 6-7 May 2025 in Greensboro, NC.

A Tutorial will be held on Tuesday 6 May, followed by a Technical Tour of HondaJet. Technical presentations will be held on Wednesday 7 May followed by an Award Dinner where the Dave Houle Best Paper Award, Tony LeVier Flight Test Safety Award and our new Flight Test Safety Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented. 

This is an official call for abstracts.

For the technical presentation portion of the Workshop, we want to hear from testers on all subject matters.

Each technical presentation selected is given a 30-minute slot (25 minutes for the technical presentation and 5 minutes for questions from the audience).  No proceedings are published for this Workshop, therefore formal written papers are not required.

Please send abstracts to the 2025 Flight Test Safety Workshop Chairman, Terry Pearce, via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The deadline for abstracts is 3 February 2025 to allow time for appropriate consideration and inclusion in the program.

Hotel Reservation Information will be provided in December.

Tutorial details and the registration site will be available soon!

 

Save the Date - 4 & 5 November 2025 European Workshop

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New Podcast Episode EP 59 – A Ghostly Intro to CRM

Flight Test Safety Committee Podcast Channel - EP 59 – A Ghostly Intro to CRM

This month I begin a multi-part series talking about Crew Resource Management or CRM.  This episode looks at the beginnings of CRM with discussion on some early aviation accidents that led to its development. 

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Supernatural S1E4
Mayday, in S5E44 "Fatal Distraction"
Why Planes Crash S1E3 "Human Error"

FAA Lessons Learned EAL 401

Lockheed Model L-1011 | Federal Aviation Administration


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