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Safety
What Does Wyvern Mean?
At The Flight Department, we subscribe to the Wyvern Standard. A Wyvern-recommended trip has five main components. If any one component does not meet the standard, then the trip is not Wyvern-recommended.
• The air carrier has had to have undergone and passed an on-site safety audit in the last 18 months.
• The aircraft is recommended based on records, insurance and whether there is a qualified crew for the aircraft.
• The Pilot-in-Command must meet or exceed Wyvern’s stringent experience requirements.
• The Second-in-Command must meet or exceed Wyvern’s stringent experience requirements.
• The trip dynamics must fall in line with the operator's operating specifications, and any further Wyvern restrictions such as mountain airport restrictions.
There is no company that has all its crewmembers qualified. Therefore, it’s important to know who the pilots are on each flight and not just rely on that fact that the company has been audited.
Wyvern does not give a blanket approval of a charter operator. Rather, it helps us perform a focused evaluation, looking at a specific trip on a specific day: the crew, the plane, the operation, and the trip.
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The Flight Department USA Inc. does not own or maintain aircraft. We are not a direct or indirect air carrier. All flights, either chartered or jet card programs, are offered by third-party Part 135 licensed air carriers. Consulting for and the scheduling of wholly owned or fractional aircraft are regulated by either Part 135, Part 91K or Part 91. The Flight Department USA Inc. acts in these cases as an outsourced scheduler only. All flights are approved by and flown as a direct result of the approval of the owner or owner's designee. The Flight Department USA Inc. does not in any way have operational authority over any aircraft listed herein.