Are Fractional and Time Card Companies Planes Safer?
This is simply not supported by the statistics and there is also no data to suggest there is a safety difference between fractional, time-card and charter operations. • Do Fractional and Time Card Companies Use Higher Safety Standards? Answer: Other companies claim that they have higher safety standards which makes flying with them safer than flying on a “chartered” jet. The reality, however, is that these companies rely heavily on the data of one independent safety audit company called Aviation Research Group/US, Inc. (“ARG/US), the same data that the charter industry relies upon. By their own admission, these companies use the same standards as the rest of the industry or do not use them at all! Further, a closer look reveals that the operators in the “charter”‘ industry and the planes that they fly receive numerous safety evaluations since every fractional company is accessing this same “pool” of “charter” aircraft and employing their own independent audits! Given this redundant eva
