CAA Launches General Aviation Safety Awards

The CAA is now inviting nominations for its General Aviation Safety Awards for 2011.

For the first time, the awards, now in their fifteenth year, will accept nominations for individuals who have made a lasting contribution to safety, as well as one-off acts of skill or bravery. Previous winners have been honoured for displaying good airmanship or practical skills and abilities when faced with potentially serious incidents directly related to flying. However, the CAA is also encouraging the GA community to nominate aerodrome managers, air traffic controllers and maintenance engineers for their prolonged dedication to aviation safety.

Nominees should be over 16 years of age and can be organisations as well as individuals.

Nominations can be submitted directly to the CAA by:

• our on-line nomination form,
• by emailing - press.office@caa.co.uk which can be informal in structure and content, but should include as much detail as possible (including contact information for the nominee and nominator), or
• by the completion of a printed nomination form is also available from the CAA’s Corporate Communications Department (telephone 020 7453 6030).

The closing date for nominations is 31st July 2011.