AVIATION SAFETY RESULTS
Date Signed: 6/15/2007 | ALMARS Number: 045/01
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SUBJ/AVIATION SAFETY RESULTS//
RMKS/1. CONGRATULATIONS TO MARINE AVIATION FOR THEIR
REMARKABLE FY01 SAFETY RECORD. ALL MARINES SHOULD BE
JUSTIFIABLY PROUD OF THE LOWEST CLASS A MISHAP RATE IN THE
HISTORY OF MARINE AVIATION. THE ACE EFFORTS RESULTED IN A
CLASS A MISHAP RATE OF 1.45 FMS PER 100,000 HOURS. THESE
EFFORTS ARE NOTEWORTHY AND THEY PRODUCED THE HISTORICAL
RESULTS YOU HAVE ACHIEVED.
2. OUR COMBINED CLASS A AND B FLIGHT MISHAP RATE OF 1.76
FMS PER 100,000 HOURS IS THE BEST OF ALL SERVICES. MOST
SIGNIFICANTLY, MARINE AVIATION S SUSTAINED MISHAP REDUCTION
EFFORTS HAVE ENHANCED READINESS AND SAVED LIVES. IN FY90,
WE SUFFERED 26 CLASS A FMS AND 7 CLASS B FMS. FY01
FINISHED WITH ONLY 5 CLASS A FMS AND 1 CLASS B FM. THIS IS
A REDUCTION OF 75 PERCENT IN CLASS A FM RATES FROM FY90 TO
FY01. THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT IS A TESTAMENT TO THE SKILL AND
PROFESSIONALISM OF ALL MARINE AIRCREW AND MAINTAINERS.
3. IN FY02, WHILE WE WILL CONTINUE TO DRIVE OUR MISHAP
RATE LOWER, OUR CHALLENGE REMAINS THE SAME: TO REDUCE
MISHAPS IN ORDER TO PRESERVE OUR MOST PRECIOUS ASSET, OUR
MARINES AND SAILORS. YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND DEDICATION
OVER THE PAST YEAR HAS ENABLED US TO REALIZE THESE HISTORIC
RESULTS. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK AND REMAIN READY FOR ANY
REQUIREMENT THAT OUR NATION MAY DEMAND OF US.
4. SEMPER FIDELIS, J. L. JONES, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE
CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//
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