The Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF.aero), a non-profit organisation that supports the highest safety standards for more than 300 aviation-focused businesses, charter and fractional operators, has promoted Alyssa Sleight from programmes manager to director of safety.

Referencing her very focused work experience, aviation industry knowledge and education, president Bryan Burns says: “Along with that, Alyssa's learned from the best, most notably the ACSF's first director of safety Russ Lawton. With her tenure at the ACSF and commitment to learning new skills, she's a natural fit for this promotion.”

As director of safety, Sleight is tasked with helping expand the Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP), which the ACSF offers in conjunction with the FAA. Sleight will assist ACSF members to enhance and improve their operation with flight data monitoring (FDM) and the newly required safety management system (SMS) standards, per the FAA.

Formerly Sleight was assistant director of safety and programmes manager for the organisation's various safety initiatives, including the ASAP. Most recently, she participated in several of the Foundation's monthly ASAP Event Review Committee meetings and organised the back office logistics of the ASAP training and operations, such as ASAP data collection. She has also provided technical support to ACSF members as well as the FAA, and most recently renewed nearly all ASAP memorandum of understanding (MOUs) agreements.

“The ACSF has a unique take on ASAP in comparison to the rest of the industry,” says Sleight. “Since joining, I've learned under my mentor Russ Lawton how to manage the relationship between the ACSF, the FAA and various ASAP participants. I'm looking forward to creating a more standardised and efficient means of conducting the third party ASAP manager. Likewise, I'll be working to incorporate more effective ways of getting operators trained and reports submitted. I see a lot of opportunity for enhancing the role and processes related to the safety director position.”

Sleight is a licensed private pilot and holds a BS in Aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. She is proficient with SMS platforms that house ASAP data, including ACSF QuickBase server.