Dear NATA Member,

I am pleased to announce, as one of my first official duties as NATA president and CEO, a new member program to benefit your business and help advance our industry’s safety goals embodied in NATA’s Safety 1st program. Starting January 1, 2013, the association will offer our members a new cutting edge NATA Workers’ Compensation Insurance Program designed exclusively for NATA members with your special needs in mind. The program is underwritten by Companion Property & Casualty Group and managed by Beacon Aviation Insurance Services, Inc. This exciting new program will offer their most competitive prices for NATA members. In addition, NATA’s members participating in NATA’s Safety 1st programs will be given preferential pricing wherever it is permitted by local state rules!

The new program was developed not only to reduce member operating costs but also to assist NATA in fostering and expanding its current array of safety programs. To date, NATA’s Safety 1st program supports members through:

• on-line training,
• the NATA Safety 1st Management System for Ground Operations,
• the NATA Safety 1st Management System for Air Operators, and
• the NATA Safety 1st Ground Audit Standard.

We are proud to lead and support the advancement of safety standards that achieve the highest levels of safety in the aviation industry and are excited by the opportunity to broaden that support through NATA’s latest membership benefit program.

To learn more about this exciting new Workers’ Compensation program, I encourage you to review the ‘NATA Workers’ Compensation Insurance Program Frequently Asked Questions’, by clicking here.

Tomorrow, we will send out a Press Release announcing the program. At the same time, Beacon Aviation Insurance Services will publish information about the program on its Web site.

NATA recommends that member companies contact their insurance agent prior to the renewal of their current program to find out more about the benefits of this new program through Beacon Aviation Insurance Services. I look forward to getting to know you and to finding additional ways for NATA to address your business’ needs and concerns.

Sincerely,

Thomas L. Hendricks
President and CEO

For general press inquiries, contact Shannon Chambers at 703-298-1347 or schambers@nata.aero. 

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) has been the voice of aviation business for more than 80 years. Representing nearly 3,700 aviation businesses, NATA’s member companies provide a broad range of services to general aviation, the airlines and the military and NATA serves as the public policy group representing the interests of aviation businesses before Congress and the federal agencies.