Air charter colleagues, this news may serve to confuse more than it attempts to clarify. The first question you might ask is: "Why would you ask a fractional owner about safety data?"

The fact remains, that this USA today piece does not dig into the root causes of why Part 135 exhibits data that is worse. Furthermore, a conversation we had yesterday with Bob Breiling did confirm what we have thought all along: We are less safe for several reasons, most of which are funding (lack thereof), constantly changing destinations, and medical / freight carriers (they tend to crash more) to name a few.

But the reality is that many Part 135 companies, operate to extremely high standards, and are primary suppliers to the fractionals and corporate flight departments, whose record, so far, is exemplary.