Aircraft Safety Equipment Basics

Invest in the right aircraft safety equipment for your craft or fleet

Air safety equipment is vital to the compliance of your business to federal rules and regulations. Many factors come into play on what equipment you need. The list has to start somewhere, though, so the first place to start looking at your aircraft safety supplies is with seat belts.

Your next piece of aircraft safety equipment is the airline life raft and life vests. Follow that up with specialty items like beacons and survival kits. How you plan to stock your airplane with safety equipment for aircraft will depend on the type of airplane that you fly. A commercial craft will be different than a prop plane which will be different than a military craft.

To understand more about aircraft safety equipment basics, and how they can impact your purchasing decision:

1. Start by evaluating the type of plane that your fly and look at the number of planes you are looking to outfit with air safety equipment.

2. Speak with your intended airplane safety equipment provider about what product or products that they recommend.

3. Discuss with regulation experts in your field about what equipment is mandatory versus recommended versus not necessary.

 

Purchase the top safety equipments in aircraft

Seat belts are your first line of air safety equipment to be included in your plane.
Try: Check out the passenger restraints offered by Aircraft Belts. They also offer crew restraints, medical restraints rewebbing, plating and custom restraint drawings. AmSafe is another producer of traditional restraints. They also offer a large variety of other products as well including aviation airbags and escape slides and oxygen cylinders.

Add life vests and life rafts to your aircraft safety equipment list

Life vests and life rafts are an integral part to any aircraft safety equipment list, especially for any airline that makes flights over any bodies of water. From great lakes to oceans, if there is a risk of water landings, your business has to be prepared to keep your passengers safe.
Try: Purchase your life vests or airline life raft from Air Cruisers. SkyGeek sells life vests on a smaller scale, which is great if you are operating a smaller airline or prop plane for tours or private flights.

Consider beacon and survival kit technology as part of your flight safety equipment

Whether your plane is large or small, think about including a safety beacon or survival kit technology as part of your aviation safety equipment.
Try: Consider products like the SLB406 Survival Locator Beacon, and it has been created to withstand the impact forces associated with a plane crash. Military groups might consider the survival kits offered by H. Koch and Sons.

Get the latest aircraft safety equipment information

Keep up with online publications, newsletters and newsfeeds for information on aircraft safety equipment.
Try: Find out the lastest flight safety equipment news from the Aviation Safety Network. Read the online version of Air Safety Week. Take advantage of the aviation incident and safety websites posted by Thirty Thousand Feet. The Aviation Safety & Security Digest is another source for aviation safety and security issues news and analysis.

 

• Rewebbing should take place on your seat belt air safety equipment if they appear frayed, torn, creased or crushed or if they appear to have severe fading or discoloring. Rewebbing may also be necessary if your hardware shows excessive wear as well.

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