Fort Worth, TX (PRWEB) November 22, 2010 – Curt Lewis & Associates (CL&A), LLC, announces continued and expanded services to the helicopter community. Current trends in the helicopter industry, especially the Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) indicates there is a necessity and need to provide safety training and consultation. Curt Lewis & Associates recent endeavors in setting up and auditing Safety Management Systems (SMS) for Part 91 and 135 helicopter operators has seen a magnificent impact in improving the “Safety Culture” of many organizations.

Given the string of accidents and incidents that have plagued the helicopter industry over the past three years, CL&A’s Vice President, Darwin Copsey stated “There is a definite change taking place in the helicopter industry and need for some right choices. The public’s view of helicopter safety is opening eyes from every sector and I think this is the awakening call of a change in the helicopter community. Plain and simple, this just reinforces the need for SMS and other proactive measures within the industry.”

Safety in the helicopter world couldn’t be at a higher focus than it is now. With the high presence of night-time flight, demand, weather, and landing zone hazards, the potential for accidents continues to increase. Darwin also stated “companies are starting to equip their aircraft with Night Vision Goggles (NVG), Flight Data Monitoring Systems, and Flight Operations Quality Assurance programs as proactive tools for their operators.”

Curt Lewis & Associates offers the services of SMS Auditing, SMS manual production, SMS program implementation, and SMS training in addition to other helicopter related courses. The more popular and favorite courses are a great compliment to improving safety, CL&A continues setting the pace by offering Safety and Emergency Preparedness training specifically tailored for Helicopter Agencies and Associations. The training will include courses in Crew Resource Management (CRM), Controlled Flight into Terrain (CFIT) awareness, Tactical Decision Management© (TDM), and Safety Management System (SMS) introduction.

Curt Lewis & Associates can deliver Safety and recurrent CRM training at your operations base, or at a location of your choice. CL&A not only delivers the training, we customize it to meet your operational environment, organization, and mission. Take your training to a new level, have a need, but not the resources, CL&A can custom design a complete program to complement and meet your operational needs and regulatory requirements. These CL&A training package concepts and procedures have been successfully incorporated in Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean operations.

Our staff is complemented with real world experience and knowledge. Every level of the industry is represented, from the A&P Mechanic to the Pilot to the Safety Professional; we have the credentials in human factors and safety engineering, accident investigation, compliance auditing and collegiate academia.

Curt Lewis & Associates, LLC is a multi-discipline consulting firm specializing in aviation and industrial safety. The firm, established in 2005, targets safety management systems, system safety audits and safety training programs, risk management, accident investigation, litigation support and quality assessments. For more information, visit http://www.curt-lewis.com.