Fundamental Beliefs

Our fundamental safety beliefs at Era are:

• Safety is a core business and a personal value
• Safety is a source of our competitive advantage
• We will strengthen our business by making safety excellence an integral part of all flight and ground activities.
• We believe that all accidents and incidents are preventable
• All levels of management are accountable for our safety performance, starting with the Chief Executive Officer

Core Elements of Era's Safety Strategy Top Management Commitment

• Safety excellence will be a component of our mission
• Senior leaders and management will demonstrate their continual commitment to safety
• Senior leaders will hold management and all employees accountable for safety performance

Responsibility & Accountability of All Employees

• Safety performance will be an important part of our management/employee evaluation system
• We will recognize and reward flight and ground safety performance
• We will make everyone aware of the safety rules and processes as well as their personal responsibility to observe them

Clearly Communicated Expectations of Zero Incidents

• We will have a formal written safety goal and we will ensure everyone understands and accepts that goal
• We will have a communications and motivation system in place to keep our people focused on the safety goal

Auditing and Measuring for Improvement

• Management will ensure regular safety audits are conducted and that everyone will participate in the process
• We will focus our audits on the behavior of people as well as the conditions of the operating area
• We will establish both leading and trailing performance indicators to help us evaluate our level of safety

Responsibility of All Employees

• Each one of us will be expected to accept responsibility and accountability for our own behavior.
• Each one of us will have an opportunity to participate in developing safety standards and procedures.
• We will openly communicate information about safety incidents and will share the lessons with others.
• Each of us will be concerned for the safety of others in our organization.