Performance Vector Advantages

Enhance Your Safety Margin – and Earn Points Toward Safety Certifications

Meet regulations and standards Performance Vector services address or help you fulfill a range of industry-standard safety criteria as well as new and continuing certification requirements.

Pilot Reliability Certification

Completion of the Pilot Reliability Certification program earns 2 points towards NBAA Certified Aviation Manager (CAM) program recertification and meets or exceeds the following requirements, recommendation and standards:

• US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) AC 120-51E CRM/human factors training requirement.
• Transport Canada: CAR 106.
• Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA): CAP-712.
• International Business Aviation Council (IBAC)/International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO) CRM/human factors training requirement (Standard 2009).
• US FAA AC 120-92, ICAO, IS-BAO and UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) introduction to SMS training standards.
• NBAA Professional Development Program HR9 (Human Resource Objective 9). Course completion earns PDP certificate of achievement.
• European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Regulation 216/2008.
• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO): Annex 6 requirement for human factors training.

Maintenance Reliability Certification

Completion of the Maintenance Reliability Certification program qualifies for the Bronze Level of Achievement in the FAA Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) Award program, earns NBAA Certified Aviation Manager (CAM) renewal credits (pending final approval), and meets or exceeds these requirements, recommendations and standards:

• FAA Order 8300.10, proposed Human Factors Requirements.
• Transport Canada’s Human Performance in Aviation Maintenance (HPIAM) training and recurrency requirements
• IS-BAO Human Factors Training recommendation (standard 2009).
• NBAA Professional Development Program Certified Course L-6 (pending final approval).
• Human factors training requirements for EASA 145 certification.
• Guidance in ICAO Doc 9824 – Human Factors Guidelines for Aircraft Maintenance Manual (1st Edition).

PRISM SMS Solutions

A fully constructed PRISM safety management system completely documents all SMS actions and activities, complying with third party audit expectations. It is approved for international verification of an SMS and meets a number of industry requirements and standards.

• FAA AC 120-92A design requirements.
• ICAO Doc 9859 design requirements.
• IS-BAO Stage I, II, and III SMS performance requirements as described under IS-BAO Section 3.0.

Performance Vector Webinar Series

Attendance at the six sessions comprising the Performance Vector Webinar Series meets or exceeds the following requirements and standards:

• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO): Annex 6 requirement for human factors training.
• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA): AC 120-51E: CRM/human factors training requirement.
• International Business Aviation Council (IBAC)/International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO) CRM/Human Factors Training requirement (standard 2009)