A national commission reviewing aviation safety across the Defense Department is recommending the creation of a Joint Safety Council that would report directly to the deputy defense secretary and be tasked with coordinating service-level safety centers' risk-mitigation efforts and bringing crucial decision-making data to top Pentagon leaders. “The council would be responsible for establishing military aviation safety standards, collecting and analyzing safety data and developing safety priorities,” states the report, which was released today . “Led by safety officials from...
