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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.

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